Franco Fiorito

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

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix =

| name = Franco Fiorito

| office = Regional councilor of Lazio

| status =

| term_start = 2005

| term_end = 2012

| office2 = Mayor of Anagni

| status2 =

| term_start2 = 2001

| term_end2 = 2005

}}

Franco Fiorito (born 13 July 1971) is an Italian politician. Fiorito served for seven years as Lazio regional councilor and was the leader of PDL political party in the Lazio region until 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/18_settembre_12/roma-spese-pazze-franco-fiorito-2-anni-11-mesi-cassazione-pena-ridotta-appena-15-giorni-8e0943f8-b6a4-11e8-83fc-d7dcaceaa02b.shtml?refresh_ce-cp|title=Rome, crazy expenses: for Franco Fiorito 2 years and 11 months in the Cassation. Penalty reduced by just 15 days|website=|access-date=|year=2018}} He was also the mayor of Anagni between 2001 and 2005.{{cite web|url=https://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2012/09/15/news/anagni_il_regno_di_mister_preferenze_francone_tra_slogan_e_proclami_la_carriera_politica_di_fiorito-42568390/|title=Anagni, il regno di Francone la carriera politica di 'mister preferenze'|date=15 September 2012}}

Fiorito was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for embezzlement in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2013/05/27/news/fondi_pdl_franco_fiorito_condannato_a_3_anni_e_4_mesi-59734617/|title=Fondi Pdl, Fiorito condannato a 3 anni e 4 mesi "Mai più politica, lo giuro: farò il filantropo"|date=23 May 2013}} In 2017, his sentence was reduced to three years.{{cite web|url=http://www.romatoday.it/cronaca/condanna-franco-fiorito-peculato-regione-lazio.html|title=Caso Fiorito, confermata condanna in Appello: 3 anni di reclusione per l'ex capogruppo Pdl in Regione|date=15 November 2017}}