| Giusi Nicolini | |
| Order: | Mayor of Lampedusa e Linosa |
| Term Start: | 8 May 2012 |
| Term End: | 11 June 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Bernardino De Rubeis |
| Successor: | Salvatore Martello |
| Birth Name: | Giuseppina Maria Nicolini |
| Birth Date: | 5 March 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Lampedusa, Italy |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Party: | Democratic Party |
Giusi Nicolini (born Giuseppina Maria Nicolini, 5 March 1961) is an Italian politician, former Mayor of Lampedusa e Linosa.[1]
A member of the Legambiente environmentalist association, after having been Deputy Mayor and Councilor for the Environment of Lampedusa e Linosa from 1983 to 1988, Nicolini is elected mayor at the 2012 Italian local elections.[2]
After the 2013 Lampedusa migrant shipwreck, in which more than 300 migrants have drowned, Nicolini asked to the European Union to realize a new European law on sanctuary and immigration rules.[3] Due to her several efforts in order to promote integration and solidarity,[4] Nicolini has been awarded with the UNESCO Award for Peace in 2017.[5] She was unsuccessful in her re-election mayoralty bid at the 2017 Italian local elections.[6]