Nicola Fiorita
{{Short description|Italian mayor}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nicola Fiorita
| office = Mayor of Catanzaro
| term_start = 30 June 2022
| term_end =
| predecessor = Sergio Abramo
| successor =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|07|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Catanzaro, Italy
| party = Left-wing independent
| nationality = Italian
| alma_mater = University of Florence
| occupation = University professor
}}
Nicola Fiorita (born 14 July 1969) is an Italian academic and politician, Mayor of Catanzaro since 2022.
Biography
Son of Franco Fiorita, former mayor of Catanzaro, he graduated in law at the University of Florence and became a university professor at the University of Calabria, dealing with law and religion, secularism and European Islam.{{Cite web|url=https://www.true-news.it/facts/nicola-fiorita-chi-e-biografia-e-lista-a-sostegno-del-candidato-sindaco-di-catanzaro|title=Nicola Fiorita, chi è: biografia e lista a sostegno del candidato sindaco di Catanzaro|website=true-news.it|date=13 June 2022|access-date=30 June 2022}}
Always close to the left, Fiorita has been a candidate in the local elections of 2017 for the office of mayor of Catanzaro leading a left-wing coalition and ranking third with a percentage of 23.23%.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/speciali/elezioni/2017/05/16/comunali-a-catanzaro-in-corsa-quattro-candidati-sindaco_22361497-9890-4603-9a4e-b01a59ac3cde.html|title=Catanzaro, pesa voto disgiunto. Ciconte -14% su liste|publisher=Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|date=24 June 2017|access-date=30 June 2022}}
= Mayor of Catanzaro =
Following an agreement between the Democratic Party, Five Star Movement, Volt and other progressive movements, Fiorita became the official candidate of the centre-left coalition for the office of mayor of Catanzaro in the local elections of 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://catanzaro.gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/politica/2022/05/07/elezioni-a-catanzaro-il-m5s-con-fiorita-puo-guidare-e-vincere-la-sfida-dellautosufficienza-energetica-45f08ccf-34dc-4c33-9e56-932292d3c23b/|title=Elezioni a Catanzaro, il M5S con Fiorita: "Può guidare e vincere la sfida dell'autosufficienza energetica"|publisher=Gazzetta del Sud|date=7 May 2022|access-date=30 June 2022}} He was elected mayor in the second turn, defeating the centre-right candidate Valerio Donato, with a percentage of 58%. However, his election marked a lame duck (anatra zoppa) situation: The lists in support of him received only 25.85% of the votes, while the lists supporting Donato received 53.81% of the vote, thus he was elected without a majority on the city council.{{Cite web |title=Eligendo Archivio - Ministero dell'Interno DAIT |url=https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=12/06/2022&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=18&levsut1=1&lev2=22&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=18&ne2=22&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=220220&lev3=220 |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=Eligendo |language=it}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.agi.it/politica/news/2022-06-26/nicola-fiorita-sindaco-catanzaro-17237725/|title=Nicola Fiorita, il professore militante che ha conquistato Catanzaro|publisher=Agenzia Giornalistica Italia|date=27 June 2022|access-date=30 June 2022}}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-23 |title=L’anatra zoppa si è persa in un campo larghissimo: il laboratorio di Fiorita ovvero l’arte dell’impossibile |url=https://www.corrieredellacalabria.it/2024/08/23/lanatra-zoppa-si-e-persa-in-un-campo-larghissimo-il-laboratorio-di-fiorita-ovvero-larte-dellimpossibile/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=Corriere della Calabria |language=it-IT}}
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Category:21st-century Italian politicians
Category:University of Florence alumni