Sergio Cecotti
Sergio Cecotti (born 23 October 1956) is an Italian politician, former Mayor of Udine and former President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Sergio Cecotti | |
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Mayor of Udine | |
In office 2 December 1998 – 27 April 2008 | |
Preceded by | Enzo Barazza |
Succeeded by | Furio Honsell |
President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia | |
In office 5 September 1995 – 28 April 1996 | |
Preceded by | Alessandra Guerra |
Succeeded by | Giancarlo Cruder |
Personal details | |
Born | Udine, Italy | 23 October 1956
Nationality | Italian |
Political party | LN (till 2003) Independent (2003-2018) PpA (since 2018) |
Alma mater | University of Pisa |
Occupation | Physicist, politician, academic |
Biography
Academic career
Cecotti graduated in Physics at the University of Pisa in 1979 and has worked at the Harvard University,[1] at the UCLA,[1] at the CERN in Geneva (where he worked with Nobel Prize recipient Carlo Rubbia)[2] and at the ICTP in Trieste.[1]
He has taught Physics at the University of Pisa and at the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste.[2]
Political career
In 1993, Cecotti joined the Northern League, with which he has been elected to the regional council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. He has been President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia for a few months between 1995 and 1996, with the support of his party and of the Olive Tree.[3]
On December 1998, Cecotti is elected Mayor of Udine with the Northern League,[4] leaving the party in 2003 after criticizing its subalternity to Forza Italia. After leaving the League, in June 2003 Cecotti is re-elected for a second mayoral term: this time, Cecotti was supported by the centre-left Olive Tree coalition.[5] Cecotti held his seat for 10 years overall.
In 2018, Cecotti founded the political movement Pact for Autonomy,[6] an autonomism political party in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which aims to protect all linguistic minorities in the region, and with which he ran again for the office of President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia at the 2018 regional election,[7] ranking fourth.[8]
References
- "Il prof di fisica teorica salito in cattedra anche nella politica". Messaggero Veneto. 31 December 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- "Regionali e comunali, oltre un milione di cittadini al voto in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Affluenza finale del 49,63%". jobsnews.it. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- "Sergio Cecotti e Massimiliano Fedriga - Passato e futuro nel presente". euroregionenews.eu. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- "Sindaco leghista per Udine". La Repubblica. 30 November 1998. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- "Anche Udine al centrosinistra: si completa la debacle del Polo". La Repubblica. 11 June 2003. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- "Cecotti: ecco il mio programma per salvare la Regione". ilfriuli.it. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- "Elezioni in Friuli Venezia Giulia: affluenza finale al 49,63%". La Repubblica. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- "In Friuli Venezia Giulia ha stravinto il centrodestra". Il Post. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.