Mario Guarente
Mario Guarente | |
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Mayor of Potenza | |
Assumed office 20 June 2019 | |
Preceded by | Dario De Luca |
Personal details | |
Born | Potenza, Italy | 2 December 1983
Political party | MpA (2010–2014) None (2014–2017) Lega (since 2017) |
Profession | Employee |
Mario Guarente (born 2 December 1983) is an Italian politician. He is the incumbent mayor of Potenza, having been elected with the right-wing populist party Lega in 2019 after a closely contested runoff. He was among the least popular mayors in Italy and in 2024 was not nominated by the centre-right coalition for re-election.
Career[edit]
Guarente was born in Potenza, where he obtained a diploma from the liceo classico named after Quintus Horatius Flaccus.[1] Guarente began his political career in 2009, when he ran for the city council of Potenza for the civic list Federation of the Centre within the centre-right coalition led by the mayoral candidate Giuseppe Molinari. He was a local leader of the Movement for Autonomy (MpA) from 2010 to 2014,[2][3] when he was elected city councilor within a centre-right coalition civic list supporting the mayoral candidate Michele Cannizzaro. In 2017, he joined Lega.[1]
In the 2019 Italian local elections, Guarante was the successful mayor of Potenza candidate.[4] He was elected in the runoff on 9 June 2019, defeating his left-wing opponent and 2019 Basilicata regional election candidate Valerio Tramutoli of Possible by 200 votes,[5] and took office on 20 June 2019.[1] For the 2024 Italian local elections, Guarente did not seek re-election,[6][7][8] having been one of the least popular mayors.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Mario Guarente". Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali (in Italian). 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Nasce il gruppo giovani dell'MPA". Regione Basilicata (in Italian). 24 September 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Guarente". Comune di Potenza (in Italian). 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Potenza, Mario Guarente si insedia ufficialmente come sindaco". La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno (in Italian). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Elezioni comunali a Potenza, chi sono i candidati sindaco". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "Comunali a Potenza, Guarente vacilla, si avvicina una rinuncia alla candidatura". Il Quotidiano del Sud (in Italian). 27 April 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Clamoroso ma non troppo... Guarente abdica e Francesco Fanelli sarà il prossimo candidato sindaco per il centro destra al Comune di Potenza". Tutto Potenza (in Italian). 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Comunali Potenza, Guarente (Lega) rinuncia, si va verso candidatura Fanelli". La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno (in Italian). 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Amato, Leo (8 May 2024). "Comunali Potenza, Guarente rinuncia al bis, tocca a Fanelli". Il Quotidiano del Sud (in Italian). Retrieved 8 May 2024.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Italian)
- Chi sono (in Italian)