Dario Nardella
Mayor of Florence
Assumed office
26 May 2014
Preceded byMatteo Renzi
Metropolitan Mayor of Florence
Assumed office
1 January 2015
Preceded byOffice established
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 March 2013 – 7 May 2014
ConstituencyTuscany
Personal details
Born (1975-11-20) 20 November 1975 (age 48)
Torre del Greco, Italy
Political partyDS (2004–2007)
PD (since 2007)
Alma materUniversity of Florence
ProfessionPolitician, University professor
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Dario Nardella (born 20 November 1975) is an Italian politician who has been the Mayor of Florence since 26 May 2014[1] and the first Metropolitan Mayor of Florence since 1 January 2015.[2] He is the first mayor of Florence who has been elected twice in the first term. He was also a deputy for the Democratic Party in the 17th legislature until his election as mayor.

On 1 February 2020, Nardella encouraged Italians to "hug a Chinese" to combat what he described as "psychological terrorism" in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]

Nardella is the president of Eurocites since November 5th 2020.

References

  1. ^ "Dario Nardella sindaco di Firenze, il fedelissimo del premier fa meglio di Domenici e Renzi". huffingtonpost.it. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Città Metropolitana, Nardella: "Non ci sarà una Giunta. Deleghe ai consiglieri"". gonews.it. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  3. ^ Dario Nardella (2022-02-15). "#coronavirus: seguiamo le indicazioni delle autorità sanitarie e usiamo cautela, ma nessun terrorismo psicologico e soprattutto basta con i soliti sciacalli che non vedevano l'ora di usare questa scusa per odiare e insultare. Uniti in questa battaglia comune! #AbbracciaUnCinese… https://t.co/Jlx3KuXPLJ". Twitter. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  4. ^ "Italy launched "hug a Chinese" campaign to fight coronavirus induced racism". 2021-08-05. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-17.


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