Francesco Ventola

{{short description|Italian politician (born 1971)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

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| name = Francesco Ventola

| honorific-suffix = MEP

| image = Ventola Francesco.jpg

| caption = Ventola in 2023

| office = Member of the European Parliament
for Southern Italy

| termstart = 16 July 2024

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|12 May 1971|df=y}}

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| party = Brothers of Italy

| otherparty = European Conservatives and Reformists Party

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Francesco Ventola (born 12 May 1971) is an Italian politician of Brothers of Italy who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.corriereofanto.it/index.php/politica/4278-ventola-parlamento-europeo-consiglieri-centrodestra|title=Francesco Ventola eletto al Parlamento europeo. I consiglieri provinciali di Centrodestra: "Un'occasione storica per il nostro territorio"|work=CorriereOfanto.it|date=14 June 2024|language=it}} He served as mayor of Canosa di Puglia from 2002 to 2012, and as president of the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani from 2009 to 2015.{{cite web|url=https://canosa.news24.city/2024/06/10/europee-2024-francesco-ventola-eletto-al-parlamento-europeo-e-il-primo-canosino-della-storia/|title=Europee 2024, Francesco Ventola eletto al Parlamento Europeo: è il primo canosino della storia|work=Canosa News24city|date=10 June 2024|language=it}} Since 2015 he has been a member of the Regional Council of Apulia.