Sara Funaro
Sara Funaro | |
|---|---|
 Funaro in 2023. | |
| Mayor of Florence | |
| Assumed office 26 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Dario Nardella |
| Metropolitan Mayor of Florence | |
| Assumed office 26 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Dario Nardella |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 May 1976 Florence, Italy |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Florence |
| Profession | Psychotherapist |
Sara Funaro (born 12 May 1976) is an Italian politician, Mayor of Florence since 26 June 2024 and is both the first woman and first Jewish person to hold this office[1].
Biography
[edit]Born in 1976, Funaro is the granddaughter of Piero Bargellini, mayor of Florence during the 1966 flood of the Arno.[2]
She obtained a degree in clinical psychology at the University of Florence and a specialization in phenomenological psychotherapy at the University of Urbino and a master's degree in ethnopsychiatry at the Center Devereux in Paris.
A member of the Democratic Party, Funaro has been councilor for health, reception and equal opportunities from 2014 to 2024 under the mayorship of Dario Nardella.[3]
Mayor of Florence
[edit]In the 2024 local elections, Funaro became the centre-left candidate for the office of Mayor of Florence, supported by the Democratic Party, the Greens and Left Alliance, More Europe and Action. She was elected in the run-off against the former director of the Uffizi Gallery Eike Schmidt, supported by the centre-right coalition, thus becoming the first woman to lead the city of Florence.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Florence elects first woman and first Jew as mayor of Italian city — Haaretz". apple.news. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ^ "Quarantasette anni, psicologa e nipote di Piero Bargellini. Chi è Sara Funaro, la candidata Pd a Firenze". La Nazione. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Chi è Sara Funaro, a Firenze scelta dal Pd senza le primarie (per diventare la prima sindaca della città)". Corriere della Sera. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Funaro, dedico vittoria a mio nonno Piero Bargellini". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
