Virginio Merola
| Virginio Merola | |
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| 29th Mayor of Bologna | |
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Assumed office 24 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Flavio Delbono |
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| Born |
February 14, 1955 Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party |
Democratic Party (2007–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Italian Communist Party (1970s–1991) Democratic Party of the Left (1991–1998) Democrats of the Left (1998–2007) |
| Alma mater | University of Bologna |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www.virginiomerola.it |
Virginio Merola (born February 14, 1955 in Santa Maria Capua Vetere) is an Italian politician. Merola is a member of the Democratic Party and the current mayor of Bologna.
Virginio Merola was born on February 14, 1955 in Santa Maria Capua Vetere in the Province of Caserta in Campania. After a short period in Curti, his family migrated to Bologna, when he was five years old. He attended the classical lyceum Marco Minghetti and than he studied at the University of Bologna, where he graduated in philosophy.
During 1970s Merola became a member of the Italian Communist Party, of which Bologna was a solid stronghold. When the PCI was transformed into a social democratic party, the Democratic Party of the Left, Merola joined it. He had been President of Savena district for the PDS from 1995 to 2004, when he was appointed city planning by mayor Sergio Cofferati, a former trade union leader.
In 2007 Virginio Merola was one of the founders of the Democratic Party. In 2008 he was candidated to the centre-left primary to become Mayor in 2009 municipal election. The contest was won by University professor and Vice President of Emilia Romagna Flavio Delbono and Merola arrived third with 21.4% of votes.
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