Francesco Picardi

{{Short description|Italian politician}}

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Francesco Picardi (28 November 1928 in Naples – 12 February 2012 in Naples) was an Italian politician famous for being the mayor of Naples for only 100 days.{{cite book|title=Keesing's Contemporary Archives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSsMAQAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Keesing's Limited.}}{{Cite web |url=http://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2012/02/12/news/e_morto_franco_picardi_sindaco_dei_cento_giorni-29755206/ |title=E' morto Franco Picardi sindaco dei "cento giorni" |date=12 February 2012 |website=La Repubblica |language=it}} Picardi, who represented the centre-left Italian Democratic Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano; PSDI), was the first mayor of Naples following the end of communist rule in 1984.{{cite web|title=Communist rule ends in Naples|website=Spokane Chronicle|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19840125&id=3MopAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4341,2098159&hl=en|accessdate=24 May 2016}}