Sandro Ruotolo
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Sandro Ruotolo | |
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Member of the Senate of the Republic | |
Assumed office 27 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Franco Ortolani |
Constituency | Naples–San Carlo all'Arena |
Personal details | |
Born | Alessandro Ruotolo 9 July 1955 Naples, Italy |
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Centre-left coalition |
Alma mater | University of Naples Federico II |
Alessandro Ruotolo (born 9 July 1955) is an Italian journalist and politician. He was elected to the Italian Senate in a by-election in 2020 as an Independent politician of the centre-left coalition.[1]
Political career[]
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[]
- ^ "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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Categories:
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Members of the Italian Senate from Campania
- Politicians from Naples
- Independent politicians in Italy
- 21st-century Italian journalists
- Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy
- Italian politician stubs