Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna

Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna
Mayor of Grosseto
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 June 2016
Preceded byEmilio Bonifazi
President of the Province of Grosseto
In office
9 January 2017 – 19 December 2021
Preceded byEmilio Bonifazi
Succeeded byFrancesco Limatola
Personal details
Born (1969-11-24) 24 November 1969 (age 55)
Florence, Italy
Political partyCentre-right independent

Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna (born 23 November 1969 in Florence) is an Italian politician.

He currently serves as Mayor of Grosseto and was President of the Province of Grosseto from 2017 until 2021.[1][2][3]

Biography

Born in Florence, he attended the Naval Academy of Livorno.[1][4] He graduated as an English and German interpreter at the High School for interpreters and translators in Pisa and started his career as a professional translator and interpreter.[1] Later he became official of the regiment "Piemonte Cavalleria 2º" of Trieste, obtaining the rank of lieutenant.[1][4]

He took his leave in 1998 and moved to Maremma, where he started to administer the estate and the agricultural business of his family in Orbetello and Grosseto.[4] Vivarelli Colonna held important positions in trade union associations dedicated to safeguarding agriculture, food and livestock.[4] He served as president of "Confartigianato Grosseto" from 2011 to 2016.[5]

He ran for Mayor of Grosseto as an independent at the 2016 Italian local elections, supported by a centre-right coalition formed by Lega Nord, Forza Italia, Brothers of Italy and the civic list "Maremma Migliore".[6] He was elected Mayor of Grosseto on 19 June 2016 and took office on 23 June.[6][2]

He was elected President of the Province of Grosseto on 8 January 2017.[3][7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna – Sindaco" (in Italian). Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Vivarelli Colonna indossa la fascia tricolore: è ufficialmente sindaco di Grosseto". Il Tirreno (in Italian). 23 June 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Elezioni provinciali 2017. Vivarelli Colonna eletto presidente della Provincia di Grosseto". Il Giunco (in Italian). 8 January 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d Pizzi, Enrico (24 January 2016). "Vivarelli Colonna col botto. Il candidato del centrodestra si presenta al pubblico in una sala stracolma". Il Tirreno (in Italian). Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Vivarelli Colonna confermato alla guida di Confagricoltura: le linee programmatiche del mandato" (in Italian). 1 August 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b De Feudis, Laura (20 June 2016). "Grosseto, la roccaforte Pd va al centrodestra". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Svolta a Grosseto: alle elezioni provinciali vince il centrodestra". Secolo d'Italia (in Italian). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Elezioni provinciali, i risultati. Grosseto per la prima volta al centrodestra". GoNews (in Italian). 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017.
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Province of Grosseto
2017–2021 		Succeeded by
Francesco Limatola
Preceded by Mayor of Grosseto
since 2016 		Succeeded by
incumbent