Leoluca Orlando | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Mayor of Palermo | |
| In office 22 May 2012 – 20 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Diego Cammarata |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Lagalla |
| In office 3 December 1993 – 16 December 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Manlio Orobello |
| Succeeded by | Diego Cammarata |
| In office 16 July 1985 – 14 August 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Nello Martellucci |
| Succeeded by | Domenico Lo Vasco |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 28 April 2006 – 10 July 2012 | |
| Constituency | Sicily (2006–2008) Lazio (2008–2012) |
| In office 23 April 1992 – 14 April 1994 | |
| Constituency | Palermo |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | Italian Islands |
| In office 19 July 1994 – 19 July 1999 | |
| Constituency | Italian Islands |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1947 Palermo, Italy |
| Political party | AVS (2024–present) Greens/EFA (2024–present) |
| Other political affiliations | DC (1976–1991) LR (1991–1999) Dem (1999–2002) DL (2002–2005) IdV (2005–2012) LR 2018 (2012–2018) PD (2018–2024) |
| Alma mater | University of Palermo |
Leoluca Orlando (born 1 August 1947) is an Italian politician. He was mayor of Palermo for over twenty years and was president of the Italian Federation of American Football (FIDAF).[1] He is best known for his strong opposition to the Sicilian Mafia during his mayoralty in the 1980s, which was publicly referenced in the media as the Palermo Spring (Italian: Primavera di Palermo).[2]
- ^ "Sindaci e commissari dal 1861 a oggi". Comune di Palermo. 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Gundle, Stephen; Parker, Simon (1995). The New Italian Republic: From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to Berlusconi. Routledge. p. 179. ISBN 978-0415121620.