Sandro Ruotolo
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Sandro Ruotolo | |
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Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy | |
Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
Member of the Senate of the Republic | |
In office 27 February 2020 – 13 October 2022 | |
Constituency | Naples–San Carlo all'Arena |
Personal details | |
Born | Alessandro Ruotolo 9 July 1955 Naples, Italy |
Political party | Democratic Party (since 2023) |
Other political affiliations | Centre-left coalition |
Profession | Journalist |
Alessandro Ruotolo (born 9 July 1955) is an Italian journalist and politician. He was elected to the Senate of the Republic in a by-election in 2020 as an independent politician of the centre-left coalition.[1]
Political career
[edit]In November 2019, Five Star Movement Senator Franco Ortolani died from cancer. A by-election was held in the Naples district in February 2020, in which Ruotolo stood as an independent candidate with support from the centre-left coalition.[2] Ruotolo was elected with 48% of the votes.
Ruotolo has written about the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "results". dait.interno.gov.it. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Suppletive Senate, Sandro Ruotolo wins in Naples but semi-deserted urns". www.tgcom24.mediaset.it. 24 February 2020.
- ^ Ilardi, Arianna (9 May 2020). "Sandro Ruotolo: le mani della camorra sull'emergenza Coronavirus". Quotidianpost (in Italian). Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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