Paolo Corsini

Paolo Corsini
Mayor of Brescia
In office 14 December 1998 – 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Mino Martinazzoli
Succeeded by	Adriano Paroli
In office 27 September 1992 – 13 June 1994
Preceded by	Gianni Panella
Succeeded by	Mino Martinazzoli
Member of the Senate
In office 15 March 2013 – 22 March 2018
Constituency	Lombardy
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 29 April 2008 – 15 March 2013
Constituency	Lazio
In office 9 May 1996 – 14 April 1999
Constituency	Brescia-Flero
Personal details
Born	(1947-12-09) 9 December 1947 (age 77) Adro, Italy
Political party	PDS (1991-1998) DS (1998-2007) PD (2007-2017) MDP (2017-2019)
Alma mater	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Occupation	Historian

Paolo Corsini (born 9 December 1947) is an Italian politician and university professor, former mayor of Brescia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1998 to 2008.

Biography

After graduating in Classic Letters, Corsini taught Modern History at the University of Parma.

Corsini joined the Democratic Party of the Left in 1991 and the following year he was elected Mayor of Brescia, holding the office until 1994.[1] From 1994 to 1996, Corsini was Deputy Mayor of Brescia under the guidance of Mino Martinazzoli.[2]

At the 1996 general election, Corsini was elected in the Chamber of Deputies.[3] He leaves the office in 1999[4] after having been elected again Mayor of Brescia the previous year,[5] being re-elected in 2003.[6] He held his mayoral seat until 2008 when he was re-elected with the Democratic Party in the Chamber of Deputies, after the 2008 election.

At the 2013 election, Corsini was elected in the Senate,[7] holding the seat till the end of the legislature in 2018, after he decided not to run again for a seat in Parliament.[8]

In 2017, Corsini left the Democratic Party and joined the Democratic and Progressive Movement.[9] He retired from active politics in 2019.

Electoral history

Election	House	Constituency	Party		Votes	Result
1987	Chamber of Deputies	Brescia–Bergamo		PCI	9,014	N Not Elected
1996	Chamber of Deputies	Brescia-Flero		PDS	33,000	Y Elected
2008	Chamber of Deputies	Lazio 2		PD	–[a]	Y Elected
2013	Senate of the Republic	Lombardy 2		PD	–[a]	Y Elected

1. Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.

First-past-the-post elections

1996 general election (C): Brescia-Flero
Candidate		Coalition	Votes	%
	Paolo Corsini	The Olive Tree (PDS)	33,000	39.6
	Gianpaolo Fasoli	Pole for Freedoms (FI)	26,891	32.3
	Giulio Arrighini	Lega Nord	23,386	28.1
Total			83,277	100.0

References

1. "Brescia, pronti sindaco PDS e governissimo anti-crisi". La Repubblica. 26 September 1992. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
2. "Mino Martinazzoli: Corsini (parlamentare), rapportò la politica alla verità". AgenSir. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
3. "I seicentotrenta eletti alla Camera". La Repubblica. 23 April 1996. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
4. "Seggio addio: incompatibili tre deputati". La Repubblica. 15 April 1999. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
5. "Da Roma a Brescia round al centrosinistra". La Repubblica. 30 November 1998. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
6. "Corsini sindaco, parte la festa. Beccalossi accusa i poteri forti". La Repubblica. 10 June 2003. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
7. "Chi sono i 20 nuovi parlamantari bresciani". Corriere della Sera. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
8. "Corsini: "Non mi ricandido, l'addio al Pd è stato lacerante"". Giornale di Brescia. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
9. "Centrosinistra in frantumi, nasce Mdp: 37 tra deputati e senatori lasciano il Pd". Today.it. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2018.

External links

• Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): XIII, XVI, XVII legislature

Political offices
Preceded by Gianni Panella	Mayor of Brescia 1992–1994	Succeeded by Mino Martinazzoli
Preceded by Mino Martinazzoli	Mayor of Brescia 1998–2008	Succeeded by Adriano Paroli