Luigi Spagnolli

Luigi Spagnolli (2012)

Luigi Spagnolli (born February 10, 1960 in Bozen , South Tyrol ) is an Italian politician and former mayor of Bozen .

Life

education and profession

Spagnolli grew up in Bolzano and graduated from the University of Florence with a degree in forestry , which he graduated in 1985. From 1986 he worked in various functions for the Bolzano city administration: he was head of the cabinet of the mayor's office, advisor and civil servant in the environmental sector, director of the office for the environment and director of the environment and public greenery department. In 2001 he was appointed to the management committee of the Stelvio National Park as a representative of the Club Alpino Italiano . From 2003 to 2005 he was the coordinator and director of the national park. In 2016 he was appointed director of the South Tyrolean State Office for Hunting and Fishing.

politics

In spring 2005, the candidate of the center-right alliance Casa delle Libertà Giovanni Benussi was elected mayor of Bolzano - with a lead of seven votes over the incumbent Giovanni Salghetti Drioli . In the local council, however, the center-left alliance had a majority, which is why Benussi failed to form a city government. New elections were scheduled for the autumn, Bolzano came under provisional administration. Spagnolli, who is close to the La Margherita group but is not party to any party, was named after negotiations as a candidate for a coalition of L'Unione (with the exception of the communists), the SVP and the UDC . For the first time in its history, the SVP renounced its own mayoral candidate.

On November 6, 2005, Spagnolli was elected as the new mayor of Bolzano in the first ballot with 50.35% of the vote. On May 16, 2010 he was able to prevail again in the first ballot with 52.45% of the vote, this time as a candidate for the Partito Democratico and with the support of the South Tyrolean People's Party, the Greens and several small parties. In 2015 a second ballot was necessary because Spagnolli only got 42.3% of the vote in the first round: In the runoff election, however, he prevailed against Alessandro Urzì with 57.7% . As he was unable to find a stable majority in the city council, he announced his resignation from the office of mayor on September 24 of the same year.

Private

Spagnolli is married and has two children. His grandfather of the same name was one of the founders of the Fercam transport company in 1949 , and his father Gildo headed the Bolzano city nursery for many years.

Spagnolli is involved in the cultural, social and religious fields. Among other things, he is an active member of the Italian Association of Bone Marrow Donors (ADMO) and Blood Donors (AVIS).

Web links

Commons : Luigi Spagnolli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Luigi Spagnolli . Curriculum vitae on the website of the City of Bolzano (PDF file)
• Portrait: Luigi Spagnolli on derStandard.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The new director. salto.bz , April 4, 2016, accessed April 4, 2016 . 
2. ^ Sarah Franzosini: Spagnolli si dimette. salto.bz, September 24, 2015, accessed September 24, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Alan Conti: La zampata di Gildo "Troppa fretta di abbattere alberi". (No longer available online.) Alto Adige , June 9, 2014, archived from the original on February 25, 2015 ; Retrieved February 25, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.