Michele Traversa

{{Short description|Italian politician (1948–2025)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Michele Traversa

| image = Michele Traversa.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Traversa in 2008

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1948|04|26}}

| birth_place = Botricello, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2025|04|11|1948|04|26}}

| death_place = Catanzaro, Italy

| other_names =

| occupation = Trade unionist

| years_active =

| known_for =

| notable_works =

| party = MSI (until 1995)
AN (1995–2009)
PdL (2009–2013)
FI (2013–2025)

| office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy for Calabria

| term_start = 29 April 2008

| term_end = 14 March 2013

| office2 = Mayor of Catanzaro

| term_start2 = 16 May 2011

| term_end2 = 10 January 2012

| predecessor2 = Rosario Olivo

| successor2 = Sergio Abramo

| office3 = President of the Province of Catanzaro

| term_start3 = 13 June 1999

| term_end3 = 27 April 2008

| predecessor3 = Giuseppe Martino

| successor3 = Wanda Ferro

}}

Michele Traversa (26 April 1948 – 11 April 2025) was an Italian politician. A member of the National Alliance and The People of Freedom, he served as president of the Province of Catanzaro from 1999 to 2008{{cite web|url=https://amministratori.interno.gov.it/index.php?page=InfoAnagrafica&IdAnagrafica=753600|title=Traversa Michele|work=Ministry of the Interior|language=Italian}} and was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2013.{{cite web|url=https://leg16.camera.it/29?shadow_deputato=302976|title=TRAVERSA Michele - PDL|work=Chamber of Deputies|language=Italian}}

Traversa died in Catanzaro on 11 April 2025, at the age of 76.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=12 April 2025|title=Allestita in Provincia la camera ardente di Michele Traversa|url=https://www.ansa.it/calabria/notizie/2025/04/12/allestita-in-provincia-la-camera-ardente-di-michele-traversa_9e2a03f2-a26f-4ea3-9f13-7a60db6ac02a.html|trans-title= |work=Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|language=Italian|location=Catanzaro|publisher= |access-date=18 April 2025}}