Enrico Rossi (politician)
| Enrico Rossi | |
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| 7th President of Tuscany | |
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Assumed office 30 March 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Claudio Martini |
| Mayor of Pontedera | |
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In office 1990–1999 |
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| Born |
25 August 1958 Bientina, Pisa, Italy |
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Italian Communist Party (1985–1991) Democratic Party of the Left (1991–1998) Democrats of the Left (1998–2007) Democratic Party (2007–2017) Democrats and Progressives (2017–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Pisa |
| Profession | Journalist |
Enrico Rossi (born 25 August 1958) is an Italian politician, since 2010 President of Tuscany.
Enrico Rossi was born in Bientina, on 25 August 1958. He was educated in secondary school focusing on humanities in Pontedera. In 1982, aged 24, he was graduated in philosophy to the University of Pisa with a thesis on Ágnes Heller.
In 1985, he wrote for the Il Tirreno and joined in the Italian Communist Party. In the same time, he became assessor and deputy mayor of Pontedera. In 1990, Rossi was elected mayor of Pontedera. He was re-elected in 1994, and during his second term, Rossi fought against the move of the Piaggio from Pontedera to Nusco. In 2000, he was elected regional councillor for the Democrats of the Left and appointed as assessor to healthcare in the Claudio Martini Administration. During The Olive Tree primary elections on 20 February 2005, he received the most votes of any candidate in Tuscany. In 2005, he was reconfirmed as regional councillor and assessor of healthcare.
In 2009, the Democratic Party approved at unanimity his candidacy as President of Tuscany. His coalition, Democratic Tuscany (Italian: Toscana Democratica, TD), included the Democratic Party itself, Italy of Values, Left Ecology Freedom and the Federation of the Left.
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