Maria Limardo

Maria Limardo
Mayor of Vibo Valentia
In office
3 June 2019 – 27 June 2024
Preceded byElio Costa
Succeeded byEnzo Romeo
Personal details
Born (1960-10-16) 16 October 1960 (age 64)[1]
Cessaniti, Calabria, Italy[1]
Political partyNational Alliance (until 2009)
The People of Freedom (2009–2013)
Independent (since 2013)[1]
Alma materUniversity of Rome La Sapienza[2]
Professionlawyer[1][2]

Maria Limardo (born 16 October 1960 in Cessaniti) is an Italian politician.[1][2]

Formerly member of right-wing party National Alliance, she joined The People of Freedom in 2009.[1][2] She served as assessor in the Elio Costa government in Vibo Valentia from 2002 to 2005.[1][2]

Limardo ran for Mayor of Vibo Valentia at the 2019 local elections as an independent, supported by a centre-right coalition composed of Forza Italia, Brothers of Italy and local civic lists.[3] She won and took office on 3 June 2019.[1][4]

She is the first woman to be elected Mayor of Vibo Valentia.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Maria Limardo". Ministry of Interior of Italy (in Italian). 23 February 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Maria Limardo nella storia: un trionfo per il primo sindaco donna. Forza Italia lista trascinatrice". Il Vibonese (in Italian). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Vibo, si insedia al Comune il neo sindaco Maria Limardo". Il Vibonese (in Italian). 3 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.