Cosimo Cannito

Cosimo Cannito
Mayor of Barletta
Assumed office
29 June 2022
Preceded byPrefectural Commissioner
In office
15 June 2018 – 13 October 2021
Preceded byPasquale Cascella
Succeeded byPrefectural Commissioner
Personal details
Born
Cosimo Damiano Cannito

(1951-04-10) 10 April 1951 (age 73)
Barletta, Apulia, Italy
Political partyCentre-right independent (since 2018)
Other political
affiliations
PSI (till 1994)
SI (1994-1998)
SDI (1998-2007)
PSI (2007-2018)
Alma materUniversity of Naples Federico II
ProfessionPhysician, University professor

Cosimo Cannito (born 10 April 1951) is an Italian politician, mayor of Barletta from 2018 to 2021 and again since 2022.

Biography

Former member of the Italian Socialist Party, Cannito ran as an independent for the office of Mayor of Barletta at the 2018 Italian local elections, supported by a centre-right coalition. He won and took office on 15 June 2018.[1]

On 13 October 2021, Cannito was ousted from the office of mayor by the majority of the comunal councilors, being later re-elected mayor at the 2022 elections.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Risultati elezioni comunali 2018 a Barletta. Cosimo Damiano Cannito vince le elezioni amministrative con il 53,0% dei voti". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Barletta passa al centrodestra, Cannito nuovo sindaco: "Oggi è una città libera". Ma l'affluenza crolla al 44%". La Repubblica (in Italian). 26 June 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Barletta
2018-2021
Succeeded by
Under Prefectural Commissioner management
Preceded by
Under Prefectural Commissioner management
Mayor of Barletta
since 2022
Succeeded by
Incumbent