Andrea Romizi | |
Term Start: | 11 June 2014 |
Term End: | 25 June 2024 |
Predecessor: | Wladimiro Boccali |
Successor: | Vittoria Ferdinandi |
Birth Date: | 1979 2, df=y |
Birth Place: | Assisi, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Party: | Forza Italia |
Alma Mater: | University of Perugia |
Profession: | Politician, lawyer |
Andrea Romizi (born 9 February 1979) is an Italian politician. He was mayor of Perugia from 2014 to 2024.[1]
After graduating in Law at the University of Perugia and becoming a lawyer, Romizi began working at the legal office led by Fiammetta Modena,[2] member of The People of Freedom and centre-right candidate at the 2010 Umbrian regional election: in 2009, Romizi is elected to the city council of Perugia.
At the 2014 Italian local elections, Romizi became the centre-right candidate for the office of Mayor of Perugia: after ranking second at the first round, Romizi won the second round, defeating the incumbent Mayor Wladimiro Boccali.[3] Romizi is the first centre-right Mayor of Perugia since World War II.
In December 2018, Romizi announced his intention to run for a second mayoral term at the 2019 local elections.[4] He has been re-elected in May 2019.