Giuseppe Pericu

{{Short description|Italian politician (1937–2022)}}

{{One source|date=June 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Giuseppe Romeo Pericu

| image = Giuseppe_Pericu_dati_camera.jpg

| caption = Giuseppe Pericu in 1994

| order = Italian Chamber of Deputies

| term_start = 15 April 1994

| term_end = 8 May 1996

| order2 = Mayor of Genoa

| predecessor2 = Adriano Sansa

| successor2 = Marta Vincenzi

| term_start2 = 1 December 1997

| term_end2 = 30 May 2007

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1937|10|20}}

| birth_place = Genoa, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2022|6|13|1937|10|20}}

| death_place = Genoa, Italy

| nationality = Italian

| alma_mater = University of Genoa

| profession = Politician, academic

| party = PSI {{small|(till 1994)}}
FL {{small|(1994-1998)}}
DS {{small|(1998-2008)}}
PD {{small|(2007-2022)}}

}}

Giuseppe Pericu (20 October 1937 – 13 June 2022)[https://www.ilsecoloxix.it/genova/2022/06/13/news/genova-e-morto-l-ex-sindaco-giuseppe-pericu-aveva-84-anni-1.41508089 Genova, è morto l’ex sindaco Giuseppe Pericu. Aveva 84 anni] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614075347/https://www.ilsecoloxix.it/genova/2022/06/13/news/genova-e-morto-l-ex-sindaco-giuseppe-pericu-aveva-84-anni-1.41508089 |date=2022-06-14 }} {{in lang|it}} was an Italian politician.[http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=XII%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg12/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=1d38160 PERICU Giuseppe Romeo]

A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party, he joined the Democratic Party of the Left in 1996.

He was the mayor of Genoa from 1997 to 2007.