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Paolo Corsini

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Paolo Corsini
Mayor of Brescia
In office
14 December 1998 – 8 March 2008
Preceded byMino Martinazzoli
Succeeded byAdriano Paroli
In office
27 September 1992 – 13 June 1994
Preceded byGianni Panella
Succeeded byMino Martinazzoli
Member of the Senate
In office
15 March 2013 – 22 March 2018
ConstituencyLombardy
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
29 April 2008 – 15 March 2013
ConstituencyLazio
In office
9 May 1996 – 14 April 1999
ConstituencyBrescia-Flero
Personal details
Born (1947-12-09) 9 December 1947 (age 77)
Adro, Italy
Political partyPDS (1991-1998)
DS (1998-2007)
PD (2007-2017)
MDP (2017-2019)
Alma materUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
OccupationHistorian

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

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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

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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 checkY Elected
2008 Chamber of Deputies Lazio 2 PD –[a] checkY Elected
2013 Senate of the Republic Lombardy 2 PD –[a] checkY Elected
  1. ^ a b Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.

First-past-the-post elections

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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

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  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.it. 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.
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  • Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): XIII, XVI, XVII legislature
Political offices
Preceded by
Gianni Panella
 Mayor of Brescia
1992–1994 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Mino Martinazzoli
 Mayor of Brescia
1998–2008 		Succeeded by
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