Domenico Lucano: Difference between revisions
Added content to reflect the opinions about the sentence ruled by judges about the illegal immigration aid accusation Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
Fixed reference Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
| occupation = Politician |
| occupation = Politician |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Domenico Lucano''' (born 31 May 1958) is an Italian politician, who served as the mayor of [[Riace]] between 2004 and 2018. He gained international recognition for settling refugees in his village, which was experiencing population decline.<ref name=world/><ref name=fortune/> In 2021, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison for aiding illegal immigration.<ref name=sentenced/> Nonetheless, the public opinion is divided about the first grade sentence, with contrasting opinions considering it a political sentence that does not depict the reality of the facts. <ref |
'''Domenico Lucano''' (born 31 May 1958) is an Italian politician, who served as the mayor of [[Riace]] between 2004 and 2018. He gained international recognition for settling refugees in his village, which was experiencing population decline.<ref name=world/><ref name=fortune/> In 2021, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison for aiding illegal immigration.<ref name=sentenced/> Nonetheless, the public opinion is divided about the first grade sentence, with contrasting opinions considering it a political sentence that does not depict the reality of the facts. <ref>{{cite news|title=La perversa letteratura processuale nelle motivazioni della condanna di Mimmo Lucano |url= https://www.repubblica.it/rubriche/liberta-illiberta/2021/12/21/news/la_perversa_letteratura_processuale_nelle_motivazioni_della_condanna_di_mimmo_lucano-331086326/|access-date=23 December 2021|work=La Repubblica |date=21 December 2021}}</ref> |
||
==Biography== |
==Biography== |
||
Revision as of 13:44, 23 December 2021
Domenico Lucano | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) | |
| Mayor of Riace | |
| In office 12 June 2004 – 3 October 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Cosimo Salvatore Comito |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Trifoli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 May 1958 Melito di Porto Salvo, Italy |
| Political party | Leftist independent |
| Occupation | Politician |
Domenico Lucano (born 31 May 1958) is an Italian politician, who served as the mayor of Riace between 2004 and 2018. He gained international recognition for settling refugees in his village, which was experiencing population decline.[1][2] In 2021, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison for aiding illegal immigration.[3] Nonetheless, the public opinion is divided about the first grade sentence, with contrasting opinions considering it a political sentence that does not depict the reality of the facts. [4]
Biography
Lucano was born in Melito di Porto Salvo but moved early in his life to Riace. He worked as a teacher for most of his adult life, and was a human rights activist since the 1990s.
Mayor of Riace
He became mayor of Riace in 2004, maintaining the role since then. In 2009, shortly after his first re-election as mayor, Lucano was shot at through the window of a restaurant and two of his dogs were poisoned and killed.[5]
He gained worldwide attention through his innovative approach to dealing with refugees,[6] in the context of the European migrant crisis. As mayor of Riace, he allowed 450 refugees to settle among the 1,800 inhabitants of the village, revitalising it and preventing the closure of the local school.[7][8]
Lucano, came second runner-up in the 2010 World Mayor competition. (The winner Marcelo Ebrard was the Mayor of Mexico City, which has about nine million inhabitants.)[1]
Lucano was also listed by Fortune as one of the world's greatest leaders in 2016;[8][9] featuring at number 40 in the magazine's listing.[2]
In 2017 he was awarded the Dresden Peace Prize.[10]
In October 2018, the Italian police put Lucano under house arrest for allegedly helping illegal migrants to stay in the country by organising “marriages of convenience”.[11][5]
In April 2019, Lucano was indicted with other 26 people on charges of abuse of power and aiding illegal immigration.[12] In the same month, he faced another probe regarding alleged false public statement and fraud.[13]
In September 2021, Lucano was sentenced to 13 years and 2 months in prison for abetting illegal migration and other crimes. The sentence was nearly double the 7 years and 11 months requested by the prosecution.[3]
References
- ^ a b World Mayor 2010 results
- ^ a b "World's Greatest Leaders". Retrieved 2016-04-13.
- ^ a b "Pro-refugee Italian mayor sentenced to 13 years for abetting illegal migration". the Guardian. 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ "La perversa letteratura processuale nelle motivazioni della condanna di Mimmo Lucano". La Repubblica. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ a b Giuffrida, Angela. "In Italy's 'hospitality town', migrants fight to save mayor who gave them a new home". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
- ^ Sreenivasan, Hari (April 3, 2016). PBS NewsHour Weekend.
- ^ Ash, Lucy (10 January 2011). "Italian mayor saves his village by welcoming refugees". BBC News. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ a b Poggioli, Sylvia (April 12, 2016). NPR Morning Edition (radio). National Public Radio. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
- ^ "Riace: The Italian village abandoned by locals, adopted by migrants". BBC News. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "Laureates – Dresden-Preis". dresdner-friedenspreis.de. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ Reeves, Chris. "Italy Arrests World-Renowned Sanctuary City Mayor for Aiding Illegal Migrants". Townhall. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
- ^ "Riace Mayor Mimmo Lucano indicted - English". ANSA.it. 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^ "Riace Mayor Lucano faces new probe - English". ANSA.it. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
