Giorgio Gori
{{short description|Italian politician (born 1960)}}
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|name = Giorgio Gori
|image = Giorgio Gori - Trento 2020 01.jpg
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| office = Member of the European Parliament
| term_start = 16 July 2024
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| constituency = North-West Italy
|office2 = Mayor of Bergamo
|term_start2 = 10 June 2014
|term_end2 = 11 June 2024
|predecessor2 = Franco Tentorio
|successor2 = Elena Carnevali
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|3|24|df=y}}
|birth_place = Bergamo, Italy
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|party = PD
|spouse = {{marriage|Cristina Parodi|1995}}
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|children = 3
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|alma_mater = Polytechnic University of Milan
|occupation = Entrepreneur, journalist, politician
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|website = [https://www.giorgiogori2018.it giorgiogori2018.it]
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Giorgio Gori (born 24 March 1960) is an Italian entrepreneur, journalist, and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party (PD) and former mayor of Bergamo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/interni/giorgio-gori-eletto-sindaco-bergamo-1025997.html|title=Giorgio Gori eletto sindaco di Bergamo|first=Luca|last=Romano|date=Jun 9, 2014|website=ilGiornale.it|access-date=Mar 19, 2020}}
Early life
Giorgio Gori was born in Bergamo. He attended high school at the Liceo Classico Paolo Sarpi in Bergamo, where he became a member of the secularist and reformism student group "Action and Freedom".[http://www.bergamopost.it/chi-e/perche-gori-sceso-in-campo/ Perchè Gori è sceso in campo]
At 18 years old he started working for Radio Bergamo, a liberal station directed by Vittorio Feltri.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2011/11/02/giorgio-gori-e-un-riciclato-di-lusso-il-guru-di-renzi/167937/|title=Blog | Gori, è un riciclato di lusso il guru di Renzi|date=Nov 2, 2011|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano|access-date=Mar 19, 2020}} In the following years he worked for L'Eco di Bergamo and Bergamo Oggi, two local newspapers.
Business career
In 1984 Gori was hired by Rete 4, an Italian TV station owned by Silvio Berlusconi. In 1991 Gori became the director of Canale 5, the main TV channel of Berlusconi's Mediaset. In 1997 he was appointed director of Italia 1, a position he held for two years when he was re-appointed at the head of Canale 5.
In 2001 he founded Magnolia, a television production company that cooperated both with Rai and Mediaset. In September 2012 he resigned and sold all his shares to enter into politics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/personaggi/1069250/Giorgio-Gori--lo-spin-doctor-di-Renzi--Piu-che-altro-e-un-pinocchio.html|title=Giorgio Gori, lo spin doctor di Renzi? Più che altro è un pinocchio|website=www.liberoquotidiano.it|access-date=Mar 19, 2020}}
Political career
File:Giorgio Gori durante una cerimonia istituzionale.jpg
In December 2011 Gori joined the centre-left Democratic Party. In 2012 he became a close advisor of Matteo Renzi, the Mayor of Florence who was running in the primary election to become the centre-left candidate for Prime Minister in the general election of the following year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/articoli/2012/10/08/news/il-programma-di-renzi-e-la-regia-di-gori-57818/|title=Il programma di Renzi e la regia di Gori|website=www.ilfoglio.it|access-date=Mar 19, 2020}}
In 2014 Gori announced his intention to run in the Bergamo municipal election in the same year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bergamonews.it/2013/12/27/primarie-centrosinistrastrada-spianata-per-goriprobabile-unico-nome-pd/183708/|title=Primarie centrosinistra, strada spianata per Gori probabile unico nome Pd - Bergamo News|date=Dec 27, 2013|website=BergamoNews|access-date=Mar 19, 2020}} In the centre-left primary election in February he gained 58.5% of votes beating the civic Nadia Ghisalberti and Luciano Ongaro (member of Left Ecology Freedom).{{Cite web|url=https://www.bergamonews.it/2014/02/23/gori-vince-le-primariecon-il-58-dei-votiora-lavoriamo-uniti/186048/|title=Gori vince le primarie con il 58% dei voti "Ora lavoriamo uniti" - Bergamo News|date=Feb 23, 2014|website=BergamoNews|access-date=Mar 19, 2020}} In the mayoral election of June 2014, Gori gained 45.1% of votes in the first round and then he won with 53.5% against the centre-right incumbent Mayor Franco Tentorio.{{Cite web|url=https://www.panorama.it/news/elezioni-amministrative-ballottaggi-bergamo-giorgio-gori|title=Giorgio Gori e la vittoria della sinistra al caviale|date=Jun 9, 2014|website=Panorama|access-date=Mar 19, 2020}} On 1 June 2017 Gori announced his intention to run as centre-left candidate to the Presidency of Lombardy{{Cite web|url=https://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2017/10/31/news/lombardia-gori-candidato-senza-primarie-1.34411210|title=Lombardia, Gori candidato senza primarie - La Stampa|date=Oct 31, 2017|website=lastampa.it|access-date=Mar 19, 2020}} in the Lombard regional election of 4 March 2018. Gori's principal rivals were Attilio Fontana (LN, supported by center-right coalition) and Dario Violi (M5S). On 4 March 2018 Gori lost the regional election{{Cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/elezioni-2018/risultati-regionali/lombardia.shtml|title=Lombardia Risultati Regionali 2018|website=Corriere della Sera|access-date=Mar 19, 2020}} with 29%, the worst result of a center-left candidate since the 2000 election.
As the mayor of Bergamo, Gori raised controversy{{why|date=July 2020}} on 11 February 2020 by tweeting that he dined in a Chinese restaurant in solidarity with citizens who were attacked by "alarmists", and adding that there was "really nothing to fear".{{cite tweet|number=1227282399005945857|user=giorgio_gori|title=Oggi pranzo al ristorante cinese con...|date=11 February 2020}}
Term-limited in 2024, Gori ran for European Parliament as number two candidate on the Democratic Party list in Northwest Italy constituency.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-02 |title=Tutti i candidati italiani alle elezioni europee del 2024 |url=https://www.eunews.it/2024/05/02/candidati-italiani-elezioni-europee-2024/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=2024-05-02 |title=Le liste con i candidati dei principali partiti italiani per le elezioni europee |url=https://www.ilpost.it/2024/05/02/liste-candidati-partiti-italia-elezioni-europee-2024/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Il Post |language=it}} He received 211 426 preference votes and was elected.{{Cite web |title=Eligendo: Europee [Scrutini] Italia + Estero (In complesso) - Europee, amministrative e regionale (Piemonte) 8-9 giugno 2024 e ballottaggi - Ministero dell'Interno |url=https://elezioni.interno.gov.it/europee/scrutini/20240609/scrutiniEX1 |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Eligendo |language=it}} In his hometown of Bergamo, he came first with 11 610 preference votes, 8 000 more than Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.{{Cite web |title=Eligendo: Europee [Scrutini] Comune di BERGAMO (Italia) - Europee, amministrative e regionale (Piemonte) 8-9 giugno 2024 e ballottaggi - Ministero dell'Interno |url=https://elezioni.interno.gov.it/europee/scrutini/20240609/scrutiniEI1030120240 |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Eligendo |language=it}}
References
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{{s-bef|before=Franco Tentorio (FI)}}
{{s-ttl|title=Mayor of Bergamo|years=2014–2024}}
{{s-aft|after=Elena Carnevali (PD)}}
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{{s-ppo}}
{{s-bef|before=Umberto Ambrosoli (PD)
2013}}
{{s-ttl|title=Centre-left coalition
nominee for President of Lombardy|years=2018}}
{{s-aft|after=Pierfrancesco Majorino (PD)
2023}}
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{{s-ppo}}
{{s-bef|before=Roberto Bruni (PD)
2004 and 2009}}
{{s-ttl|title=Centre-left coalition
nominee for Mayor of Bergamo|years=2014 and 2019}}
{{s-aft|after=Elena Carnevali (PD)
2024}}
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Category:Democratic Party (Italy) politicians
Category:Politicians from Bergamo
Category:Polytechnic University of Milan alumni