Franco Landella | |
Office: | Mayor of Foggia |
Term Start: | 11 June 2014 |
Term End: | 25 May 2021[1] |
Predecessor: | Gianni Mongelli |
Successor: | Maria Aida Episcopo |
Birth Date: | 1 May 1966[2] |
Birth Place: | Foggia, Apulia, Italy |
Party: | Forza Italia Lega Nord |
Alma Mater: | University of International Studies of Rome |
Profession: | administrator |
Franco Landella (born 1 May 1966 in Foggia) is an Italian politician.[2]
He is a member of the centre-right party Forza Italia.[2] [3] He was elected Mayor of Foggia on 8 June 2014 and took office on 11 June.[2] [3] He has been re-elected for a second term in 2019.[2] In August 2020, he left Forza Italia and joined right-wing populist party Lega Nord.[4]
In May 2021, Landella is arrested with the charges of corruption and attempted extortion.[5]