Luca Visentini

Luca Visentini
3rd General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation
In office
21 November 2022 – 11 March 2023
Preceded bySharan Burrow
Succeeded byLuc Triangle
Personal details
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Udine, Italy
Alma materUniversity of Trieste
ProfessionTrade unionist

Luca Visentini (born 1969) is an Italian trade unionist. Elected general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) at the organisation's 5th World Congress in Melbourne, Australia, in mid-November 2022, he stood aside on 14 December 2022 following his arrest and conditional release in relation to the Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament.[1][2][3][4] On 11 March 2023, the ITUC General Council voted to dismiss Visentini for accepting funds from Antonio Panzeri.[5][6]

He was previously the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). He was reelected at the ETUC Congress in Vienna in May 2019, having been first elected in 2015. He has been active in the European trade union movement since the late 1980s, at regional, national and European Union levels.[7]

  1. ^ "ITUC World Congress: Luca Visentini new ITUC General Secretary". www.ituc-csi.org. International Trade Union Confederation. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  2. ^ "ITUC General Secretary". www.ituc-csi.org. International Trade Union Confederation. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  3. ^ Mansoor, Sanya (14 December 2022). "The Qatar Corruption Scandal Is Rocking E.U. Politics". Time. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference LeSoir was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Ayuso, Silvia (2023-03-11). "El 'Qatargate' le cuesta el puesto al jefe de la Confederación Sindical Internacional". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  6. ^ "ITUC General Council Meeting, March 11 2023". www.ituc-csi.org. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  7. ^ "Curriculum vitae Luca Visentini" (PDF). European Trade Union Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.