Renato Turano
Renato Guerino Turano (2 October 1942 – 5 December 2021) was an Italian and American politician and businessman. He served in the
Early life and private career
Turano was born in
Turano's family purchased a small Chicago baking company in 1962, renamed it as the Turano Baking Company, and eventually built it into one of the largest artisan bread producers in North America. Turano worked for the company in his youth and became its president and chief executive officer in 1982. He served as chair of the American Bakers Associations (ABA) in the 2000s and led a march of eighty bakers to Capitol Hill to lobby for sector relief during a commodity crisis affecting wheat. In 2009, he was described as one of the twenty most influential baking managers in America.[2]
Turano has been active in the Italian-American community for several decades. He founded Chicago's Casa Italia, served on the National Italian American Foundation (NAIF), and from 1996 to 2006 was an American consulate to the Region of Calabria, representing Calabrian Americans at annual conferences in Italy.[3] Turano received a special achievement award from the NIAF for public service in 2007.[4]
Senator
Turano was elected to the Italian Senate in the
Turano sought re-election in the
He was re-elected in the 2013 general election, again as a candidate of the Democratic Party.
Electoral record
Party | Votes | % | Senators | |
---|---|---|---|---|
People of Freedom
|
38,896 | 44.96 | 1 | |
Democratic Party | 38,103 | 44.04 | ||
Union of the Centre
|
7,330 | 8.47 | ||
The Right–Tricolour Flame
|
2,193 | 2.53 | ||
Total valid votes | 86,522 | 100.00 |
People of Freedom candidate preference votes
| |
---|---|
Basilio Giordano (elected) | 13,083 |
Augusto Sorriso | 8,699 |
Democratic Party candidate preference votes | ||
---|---|---|
(x)Renato Turano | 15,223 | |
Marina Piazzi | 7,431 |
Union of the Centre candidate preference votes
| ||
---|---|---|
Massimo Seracini | 2,194 | |
Vittorio Coco | 1,791 |
The Right–Tricolour Flame candidate preference votes
| ||
---|---|---|
Giuseppe Cirnigliaro | 544 | |
Franco Misuraca | 461 |
Source: ARCHIVIO STORICO DELLE ELEZIONI - Consultazione dati: Senato 13/04/2008, Area ESTERO, Ripartizione AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE E CENTRALE, Ministerio dell'Interno, Government of Italy, accessed 27 July 2011. Voters were not required to give a preference vote for any candidate.
Party | Votes | % | Senators | |
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The Union
|
32,036 | 38.03 | 1 | |
Forza Italia | 25,556 | 30.33 | ||
For Italy in the World with Tremaglia
|
11,604 | 13.77 | ||
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
|
9,412 | 11.17 | ||
Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad | 3,191 | 3.79 | ||
Northern League | 1,389 | 1.65 | ||
Tricolour Flame
|
1,061 | 1.26 | ||
Total valid votes | 84,249 | 100.00 |
The Union candidate preference votes
| ||
---|---|---|
Renato Turano (elected) | 12,097 | |
Rocco di Trolio | 7,675 |
Forza Italia candidate preference votes | |
---|---|
Augusto Sorriso | 8,898 |
Liborio Zambito | 5,387 |
For Italy in the World with Tremaglia candidate preference votes
| |
---|---|
Carlo Consiglio | 5,446 |
Vincenzo Centofanti | 2,531 |
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats candidate preference votes
| ||
---|---|---|
Vittorio Coco | 3,906 | |
Bernardo Paradiso | 2,885 |
Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad candidate preference votes | ||
---|---|---|
Domenico Serafini detto Dom
|
1,471 | |
Sonia Marcella Spadoni | 922 |
Northern League candidate preference votes | ||
---|---|---|
Salvatore Rappa | 807 |
Tricolour Flame candidate preference votes
| ||
---|---|---|
Alfredo Viti | 415 |
Source: ARCHIVIO STORICO DELLE ELEZIONI - Consultazione dati: Senato 09/04/2006, Area ESTERO, Ripartizione AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE E CENTRALE, Ministerio dell'Interno, Government of Italy, accessed 27 July 2011. Voters were not required to give a preference vote for any candidate.
References
- ^ "Renato Turano: Bakery chief rises to roles in business, Italian politics" Chicago Tribune, 6 November 2006, accessed 27 July 2011.
- ^ Paula Frank, "Baking Management's Influential 20," Baking Management, November 2009, p. 10.
- ^ "Chicago-Area Businessman Runs For Italian Senate," Italian Voice, 23 February 2006, p. 5.
- ^ "Vic Damone, Dennis Farina, Joe Mantegna Among Award Recipients at Chicago's Gala," Italian Voice, 26 April 2007, p. 1.
- ^ Paul Basile, "Next Stop, Rome!", Italian Voice, 20 April 2006, p. 1.
- ^ Phil Stewart, "Italian political dream is "nightmare" for expats," Reuters News, 23 February 2007, 09:17.
- ^ Frances d'Emilio, "Overseas Voters May Decide Italy Election," Associated Press Newswires, 21 March 2006, 04:44; "Renato Turano: Bakery chief rises to roles in business, Italian politics," Chicago Tribune, 6 November 2006, accessed 27 July 2011.
External links
- Partito Democratico page (in Italian)
- Senate biography (in Italian)