Sandro Ruotolo

{{Short description|Italian journalist and politician (born 1955)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sandro Ruotolo

| image = MEP_Alessandro_Ruotolo.jpg

| parliament = European

| constituency_MP = Southern Italy

| term_start = 16 July 2024

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| office2 = Member of the Senate of the Republic

| termstart2 = 27 February 2020

| termend2 = 13 October 2022

| constituency2 = NaplesSan Carlo all'Arena

| birth_name = Alessandro Ruotolo

| party = Democratic Party (since 2023)

| otherparty = Centre-left coalition

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|07|09|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Naples, Italy

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| profession = Journalist

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Alessandro Ruotolo (born 9 July 1955) is an Italian journalist and politician. He was elected to the Senate of the Republic in a by-election in 2020 as an independent politician of the centre-left coalition.{{Cite web|title=results|url=https://dait.interno.gov.it/eligendo/suppletive20200223/|last=|first=|date=|website=dait.interno.gov.it|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}}

Political career

In November 2019, Five Star Movement Senator Franco Ortolani died from cancer. A by-election was held in the Naples district in February 2020, in which Ruotolo stood as an independent candidate with support from the centre-left coalition.{{Cite web|title=Suppletive Senate, Sandro Ruotolo wins in Naples but semi-deserted urns|url=https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/politica/suppletive-senato-a-napoli-vince-sandro-ruotolo-ma-urne-semi-deserte_15240190-202002a.shtml|last=|first=|date=24 February 2020|website=www.tgcom24.mediaset.it|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} Ruotolo was elected with 48% of the votes.

Ruotolo has written about the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.{{Cite web|title=Sandro Ruotolo: le mani della camorra sull'emergenza Coronavirus|url=https://www.quotidianpost.it/sandro-ruotolo-le-mani-della-camorra-sullemergenza-coronavirus/|last=Ilardi|first=Arianna|date=2020-05-09|website=Quotidianpost|language=it-IT|access-date=2020-05-21}}

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