Giorgio Guazzaloca
Giorgio Guazzaloca | |
|---|---|
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| Mayor of Bologna | |
| In office 30 June 1999 – 14 June 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Walter Vitali |
| Succeeded by | Sergio Cofferati |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 February 1944 Bazzano, Italy |
| Died | 26 April 2017 (aged 73) Bologna, Italy |
| Occupation | Politician, butcher |
Giorgio Guazzaloca (6 February 1944 – 26 April 2017) was an Italian politician. He was the mayor of Bologna from 1999 to 2004.
Biography
Guazzaloca left school when he was 14 and started working in his father's
Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture and Artisanship from 1991 to 1998.[2]
Mayor of Bologna
On 19 December 1998, Guazzaloca announced his
right-wing mayor of Bologna since the end of World War II.[4] He declared that he wanted a city guided not on the basis of political ideologies but exclusively on the basis of the interests of the people of Bologna. Guazzaloca tried to run for a second term in 2004 but was defeated in the first round by The Union candidate Sergio Cofferati.[5]
Later life and death
In 2005, Guazzaloca became a member of the Italian Competition Authority.[6] Guazzaloca tried one more time to run for the office of mayor of Bologna in 2009 with his own civic list, ranking third.[7] He died in the Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic in Bologna on 26 April 2017, at the age of 73, after having fought for years against a multiple myeloma.[8]
References
- ^ "È morto Guazzaloca, il macellaio colto che entrò nella storia espugnando Bologna la "rossa"". La Stampa. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Guazzaloca, nella storia di Bologna". Il Resto del Carlino. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Bologna la rossa si divide quanti veleni per un sindaco". La Repubblica. 24 January 1999. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Il crollo del muro rosso". La Repubblica. 28 January 1999. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "La rivincita di Bologna". La Repubblica. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Antitrust, entrano Pilati e Guazzaloca". Corriere della Sera. 30 December 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Mille candidati a caccia di 10mila firme". La Repubblica. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "È morto Giorgio Guazzaloca, primo sindaco non comunista di Bologna". La Repubblica. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.