Nichi Vendola
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| President of Apulia | |
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In office 4 April 2005 – 1 June 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Raffaele Fitto |
| Succeeded by | Michele Emiliano |
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Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Apulia |
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In office 23 April 1992 – 3 May 2005 |
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Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Calabria |
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In office 15 March 2013 – 16 April 2013 |
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26 August 1958 Bari, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
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SEL (2009-2016) PRC (1991–2009) PCI (1972–1991) |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Official website |
Nicola "Nichi" Vendola (Italian pronunciation: [ˈniːki ˈvɛndola]; born 26 August 1958) is an Italian left-wing politician and LGBT activist who was President of Apulia from 2005 to 2015.
Born in Terlizzi, in the province of Bari, on 26 August 1958, Vendola was a member of the Italian Communist Youth Federation from the age of fourteen. He went on to study literature at his university, presenting a dissertation on the poet and film director Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Vendola became a journalist for l'Unità. He became an activist and a leading member of the Italian gay organisation Arcigay. A member of the National Secretariat of the Italian Communist Party, he fiercely opposed the dissolution of the party proposed by Achille Occhetto in 1991. This led to the formation of the Democratic Party of the Left. Vendola instead joined the Communist Refoundation Party.
In 1992, Vendola was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, to a seat which he held until 2005. As a member of the Antimafia Commission, he came to prominence as a strong opponent of the Mafia and organised crime presence in the economy and society.
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