Paolo Filippi

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Paolo Filippi
President of the Province of Alessandria
In office
13 June 2004 – 14 October 2014
Preceded byFabrizio Palenzona
Succeeded byMaria Rita Rossa
Personal details
Born15 September 1962
Casale Monferrato, Italy
Died4 April 2021(2021-04-04) (aged 58)
Casale Monferrato, Italy
NationalityItalian
Political partyPD
IV

Paolo Filippi (15 September 1962 – 4 April 2021) was an Italian politician.[1] He served as President of the Province of Alessandria from 2004 to 2014.

Biography[]

After earning a law degree, Filippi served as a Municipal Councillor in Casale Monferrato from 1986 to 1995 as a member of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy. He then was elected as a Provincial Councillor in 1997.

Filippi was elected President of the Province of Alessandria in 2004 with 50.3% of the vote, representing a center-left coalition.[citation needed] His coalition consisted of the Democrats of the Left, the Democratic Party, the Party of Italian Communists, the Italian Democratic Socialists, and the Communist Refoundation Party. In the  [it], he earned 43.3% of first round votes, compared to 46.6% from The People of Freedom party candidate  [it].[citation needed] However, Filippi collected 51.3% of the vote in the second round and securing his re-election. He did not seek re-election in 2014 and retired from his presidential role.

In 2019, Filippi left the Democratic Party to join Italia Viva.[2]

Paolo Filippi died on 4 April 2021 at the age of 58 following a sudden illness.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "La morte di Paolo Filippi, quando la politica partiva dalla gavetta". La Stampa (in Italian). 6 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Filippi lascia il Pd e va con Renzi". Il Piccolo (in Italian). 24 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Morto l'ex presidente della provincia di Alessandria Paolo Filippi". Sky.it (in Italian). 4 April 2021.
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