Franco Landella

{{Short description|Italian politician (born 1966)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Franco Landella

|image = Franco Landella.jpg

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|office = Mayor of Foggia

|term_start = 11 June 2014

|term_end = 25 May 2021{{Cite news|url=https://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/news/foggia/1303393/foggia-marilisa-magno-nominata-commissario-prefettizio.html|title=Foggia, Marilisa Magno nominata commissario prefettizio|work=La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno|date=25 May 2021|language=it|access-date=25 May 2021}}

|predecessor = Gianni Mongelli

|successor = Maria Aida Episcopo

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|5|1|df=y}}{{cite web|url=https://amministratori.interno.gov.it/amministratori/ServletNomeReg3?campo1=1076717&campo2=a|title=Franco Landella|website=Ministry of the Interior of Italy|date=23 February 2017 |language=it|access-date=15 March 2019}}

|birth_place = Foggia, Apulia, Italy

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|party = Forza Italia
Lega Nord

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|alma_mater = University of International Studies of Rome

|profession = administrator

}}

Franco Landella (born 1 May 1966 in Foggia) is an Italian politician.

He is a member of the centre-right party Forza Italia.{{cite web|url=https://bari.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/06/09/news/foggia-88440741/|title=Foggia, vince il centrodestra con Franco Landella|work=La Repubblica|language=it|date=9 June 2014|access-date=15 March 2019}} He was elected Mayor of Foggia on 8 June 2014 and took office on 11 June. He has been re-elected for a second term in 2019. In August 2020, he left Forza Italia and joined right-wing populist party Lega Nord.{{Cite news|url=https://www.foggiatoday.it/politica/landella-ingresso-lega-video.html|title=Landella consegna Foggia a Salvini: "È nelle tue mani"|work=Foggia Today|language=it|access-date=25 May 2021}}

In May 2021, Landella is arrested with the charges of corruption and attempted extortion.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ilpost.it/2021/05/21/sindaco-foggia-franco-landella-arrestato/|title=Il sindaco di Foggia Franco Landella è stato arrestato con le accuse di corruzione e tentata concussione|date=21 May 2021|work=Il Post|access-date=25 May 2021|language=it}}