| Guido Bertolaso | |
| Office: | Assessor of Welfare of Lombardy |
| Term Start: | 2 November 2022 |
| President: | Attilio Fontana |
| Predecessor: | Letizia Moratti |
| Office1: | Head of the Civil Protection |
| Term Start1: | 7 September 2001 |
| Term End1: | 11 November 2010 |
| Predecessor1: | Franco Gabrielli |
| Successor1: | Franco Barberi |
| Term Start2: | 19 June 1996 |
| Term End2: | 16 July 1997 |
| Predecessor2: | Ferdinando Facchiano |
| Successor2: | Franco Barberi |
| Birth Date: | 1950 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Occupation: | Physician |
| Spouse: | Gloria Piermarini |
| Children: | 2 |
Guido Bertolaso (born March 20, 1950, Rome, Italy) is an Italian physician and state functionary, and from 2001 to 2010 was commander in chief of the Italian Civil Protection department.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
From May 2008 he was Secretary to the Prime Minister with responsibility to the waste crisis in Campania in the fourth Berlusconi government. He also held the post of Special Commissioner for the following emergencies: 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, volcanoes in the Aeolian Islands, maritime areas of Lampedusa, cleaning up the wreckage of the Haven tanker than sank in 1991, bionucleare risk, Cycling World Championships in Varese of 2008, the Presidency of the G8 summit in L'Aquila, and the Roman archaeological site.
He has a degree in medicine, which he received from the University of Rome La Sapienza and subsequently obtained a Master of Science in Public Health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He worked with UNICEF for the health of children in tropical countries.[6]
In February 2016 he was selected to be mayoral candidate for the right wing, Lega Nord, Fratelli d'Italia & Forza Italia in Rome for the upcoming town and city elections. The more extreme right, Lega Nord, Fratelli d'Italia & more to the right people in Forza Italia such as Alessandra Mussolini had some problem with him that resulted in the Fratelli d'Italia leader Giorgia Meloni running for mayor and being endorsed by Lega Nord. Finally Bertolaso withdrew from the race and Berlusconi endorsed Marchini. Surveys were showing a support rate of about 20% putting him a few percentages behind both the Democratic and the Five Stars candidates. The Five Star Movement candidate Virginia Raggi remained the frontrunner and was elected the first woman mayor of Rome.