Michele Emiliano

Michele Emiliano
Emiliano in 2011
President of Apulia
Assumed office
26 June 2015
Preceded byNichi Vendola
Mayor of Bari
In office
14 June 2004 – 23 June 2014
Preceded bySimeone Di Cagno Abbrescia
Succeeded byAntonio Decaro
Personal details
Born (1959-07-23) 23 July 1959 (age 65)
Bari, Italy
Political partyDS (2004–2007)
PD (2007–2018)
Independent (since 2018)
Spouse
Elena Emiliano
(m. 1988)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Bari

Michele Emiliano (born 23 July 1959) is an Italian politician and former judge. He is the incumbent president of Apulia Region since June 2015, and he previously served as mayor of Bari from 2004 to 2014.[1][2] Emiliano has often been considered a populist and regionalist politician.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Scheda Personale". Sito web Istituzionale della Regione Puglia (in Italian). Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. ^ "BIOGRAFIA" (PDF). CompletaMente.org (in Italian). Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  3. ^ Strippoli, Francesco (2017). "Emiliano, populista inconsapevole".
  4. ^ Orlando, Emiliano a volte è populista