Andrea Ulmi

{{Short description|Italian politician (born 1957)}}

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|office1 = Member of the Regional Council of Tuscany

|term_start1 = 8 October 2020

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|3|4|df=y}}

|birth_place = Grosseto, Italy{{Cite web|url=https://amministratori.interno.gov.it/index.php?page=InfoAnagrafica&IdAnagrafica=1156370|title=Ulmi Andrea|publisher=Ministry of the Interior|access-date=22 November 2024}}

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|alma_mater = University of Florence
University of Siena

|profession = Dentist

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Andrea Ulmi (born 4 March 1957) is an Italian dentist and politician who has served as a member of the Regional Council of Tuscany since 8 October 2020.

Life and career

Born in Grosseto on 4 March 1957 to Ulisse, a doctor, Ulmi graduated in medicine and surgery from the University of Florence, specializing in odontostomatology at the University of Siena.{{Cite news|url=https://www.iltirreno.it/grosseto/cronaca/2020/09/24/news/la-professione-il-teatro-il-basket-e-una-carriera-lampo-nella-lega-1.39345824|title=La professione, il teatro, il basket E una carriera lampo nella Lega|author=Gabriele Baldanzi|work=Il Tirreno|date=24 September 2020|access-date=23 November 2024}} He obtained two postgraduate master's degrees, one in Padua and one in Florence.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanazione.it/cronaca/andrea-ulmi-regione-toscana-81671842|title=Andrea Ulmi|work=La Nazione|date=21 October 2020|access-date=23 November 2024}} He was the president of the Provincial Commission of Dentists of Grosseto and a member of the provincial council of the Order of Physicians and Dentists. He served for twelve years as president of the local section of ANDI (National Association of Italian Dentists) as well as president and regional secretary of the Tuscan branch of the same trade union organization.

Ulmi entered politics in 2011, running for the municipal council of Grosseto for a civic list in support of the mayoral candidacy of Mario Lolini from the People of Freedom party. Despite Lolini's defeat, Ulmi was elected to the city council. He later joined the Lega, and in 2016 he was re-elected as a councilor. In 2017, he was appointed provincial secretary of the party.

In 2020, he was elected to the Regional Council of Tuscany in the Grosseto constituency, receiving 5,837 votes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.consiglio.regione.toscana.it/consiglieri/scheda?id=552|title=Andrea Ulmi|publisher=Regional Council of Tuscany|access-date=22 November 2024}} Ulmi left the Lega in March 2024.{{Cite news|url=https://maremmanews.it/post/andrea-ulmi-ecco-perche-ho-deciso-di-lasciare-la-lega|title=Andrea Ulmi: "Ecco perché ho deciso di lasciare la Lega"|date=9 March 2024|work=Maremmanews|access-date=23 November 2024}}

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