Eugenio Giani

Italian politician

Eugenio Giani


8th President of Tuscany
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 October 2020
Preceded by	Enrico Rossi

Personal details
Born	(1959-06-30) 30 June 1959 (age 64) Empoli, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Political party	PSI (1990–1994) SI (1994–1998) SDI (1998–2007) PD (since 2009)
Alma mater	University of Florence
Profession	Historian

Eugenio Giani (born 30 June 1959 in Empoli) is an Italian politician.

He started his political activity in the Italian Socialist Party and he was active in the City council of Florence, of which he became president in 2009. He became a member of the Democratic Party the same year.^[1]

At the 2015 Tuscan regional election he obtained 10,505 personal preferences only in the city of Florence, and on 25 June 2015 he was elected President of the Regional Council of Tuscany.^[2]

He was elected President of Tuscany in the 2020 regional election, and became the oldest President-elect at the age of 61.^[3] He was officially sworn in as President on 8 October 2020.^[4]

Footnotes

^ "Una via per Craxi slitta il voto in consiglio" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
^ "Giani eletto presidente del Consiglio Regionale" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ Marinari, Franceso (13 July 2020). "Regionali Toscana: Giani-Ceccardi, confronto a La Nazione / VIDEO" (in Italian). La Nazione. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ Ferrara, Ernesto (1 October 2020). "Toscana, Renzi rompe con Giani. E Italia Viva resterà fuori dalla giunta" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 1 October 2020.