| Giuliano Barbolini | |
| Office: | Mayor of Modena |
| Term Start: | 24 April 1995 |
| Term End: | 14 June 2004[1] [2] |
| Predecessor: | Mariangela Bastico |
| Successor: | Giorgio Pighi |
| Office2: | President of the Province of Modena |
| Term Start2: | 12 May 1985 |
| Term End2: | 5 May 1990 |
| Predecessor2: | Giuseppe Nuara |
| Successor2: | Giorgio Baldini |
| Office3: | Member of the Italian Senate |
| Term Start3: | 28 April 2006 |
| Term End3: | 14 March 2013 |
| Legislatures3: | XV, XVI |
| Birth Date: | 1945 8, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| Party: | Democratic Party |
| Nationality: | Italian[3] |
| Occupation: | Politician[4] |
Giuliano Barbolini (born 20 August 1945) is an Italian politician.[1]
Barbolini is a member of the Democratic Party.[5] He was elected mayor of Modena from 1995 to 2004.[1]
Barbolini was born in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna,[6] and graduated from the University of Bologna. He was a researcher at the Institute of Archeology, he served as Librarian at the Estense and University National Library, and later as a director of the Municipality of Modena. Enrolled in the PCI in 1972, he has held numerous institutional positions since the 1980s. He was first assessor (1980–1985) and then President of the Province of Modena from 1985 to 1990. From 1990 to 1995, elected to the Regional Council, he was Councilor for Health and Social Services of the Emilia-Romagna Region.[7] From 1995 to 2004 Giuliano was mayor of Modena, directly elected in the first round for two terms at the head of a center-left coalition.[8] [9]
He was elected member of the Italian Senate for two legislatures (2006–2013) of the Italian Republic.[10] [11] [12] In 2013 he decided not to participate in the primaries called by the Democratic Party for the selection of future parliamentarians, and ended his experience in Parliament.