- Sergio Chiamparino
Sergio Chiamparino (born
September 1 ,1948 inMoncalieri ) is the currentmayor of Turin ,Italy .A graduate in political sciences at the
University of Turin , where he worked as a researcher until 1975, Chiamparino started his political career that same year as head of theItalian Communist Party in the Town Council of Moncalieri, his native city. After the birth of the Democratic Party of the Left, he joined that party and was elected as deputy in 1996, after having surprisingly been defeated in 1994 in the left-leaning district ofMirafiori against the centre-right candidateAlessandro Meluzzi .He was elected mayor of Turin in 2001, succeeding to
Valentino Castellani and then re-elected in May 2006 with 66,6% of votes, defeating centre-right candidateRocco Buttiglione .External links
* Chiamparino, Sergio, " [http://www.chiamparino.it/ Sergio Chiamparino, Official Site] ".
* [http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/turin_mayor.html CityMayors.com profile]
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