Elio Costa

Elio Costa
Mayor of Vibo Valentia
In office
3 June 2015 – 31 January 2019[1]
Preceded byNicola D'Agostino
Succeeded byMaria Limardo
In office
28 May 2002 – 15 January 2005[1]
Preceded byAlfredo D'Agostino
Succeeded byFrancesco Sammarco
Personal details
Born (1940-08-21) 21 August 1940 (age 84)[1]
Maierato, Calabria, Italy[1]
Political partyCentre-right independent[1][2]
Alma materUniversity of Messina
Professionmagistrate, jurist[1]

Elio Costa (born 21 August 1940 in Maierato) is an Italian politician and magistrate.[1][2]

Costa ran as an independent for the office of Mayor of Vibo Valentia at the 2002 Italian local elections, supported by a centre-right coalition.[1] He won the election and served as Mayor of Vibo Valentia until his resignation on 15 January 2005.[1][2][3]

He was re-elected on 3 June 2015, but he resigned for the second time on 31 January 2019, after a new internal government crisis.[1][3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Elio Costa". Ministry of the Interior of Italy. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Il Sindaco Elio Costa". Comune di Vibo Valentia. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Elio Costa è il nuovo sindaco di Vibo Valentia. Intervista". lacnews24.it (in Italian). 1 June 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Vibo, dimissioni in massa al Comune: il sindaco Elio Costa verso la sfiducia" (in Italian). Gazzetta del Sud. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Dimissioni di massa a Vibo, finisce l'era Costa" (in Italian). Corriere della Calabria. 28 January 2019. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.