Sergio Cecotti

Sergio Cecotti (born 23 October 1956) is an Italian politician, former Mayor of Udine and former President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

Sergio Cecotti
Mayor of Udine
In office
2 December 1998 – 27 April 2008
Preceded byEnzo Barazza
Succeeded byFurio Honsell
President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
In office
5 September 1995 – 28 April 1996
Preceded byAlessandra Guerra
Succeeded byGiancarlo Cruder
Personal details
Born (1956-10-23) 23 October 1956
Udine, Italy
Political partyLN (till 2003)
Independent (2003-2018)
PpA (since 2018)
Alma materUniversity of Pisa
OccupationPhysicist, politician, academic

Biography

Academic career

Cecotti graduated in physics at the University of Pisa in 1979 and has worked at the Harvard University,[1] at the UCLA,[1] at the CERN in Geneva (where he worked with Nobel Prize recipient Carlo Rubbia)[2] and at the ICTP in Trieste.[1][3]

He has taught physics at the University of Pisa and at the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste.[2]

Political career

In 1993, Cecotti joined the Northern League, with which he has been elected to the regional council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. He has been President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia for a few months between 1995 and 1996, with the support of his party and of the Olive Tree.[4]

In December 1998, Cecotti is elected Mayor of Udine with the Northern League,[5] leaving the party in 2003 after criticizing its subalternity to Forza Italia, and founding Convergence for Udine. After leaving the League, in June 2003 Cecotti is re-elected for a second mayoral term: this time, Cecotti was supported by the centre-left Olive Tree coalition.[6] Cecotti held his seat for 10 years overall. On 14 February 2007 Cecotti decided to transform Convergence for Udine into a regional party, called Convergence for Friuli (Convergenza per il Friuli). The party was represented in the Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia by Mario Puiatti, elected in 2003 for the Greens.

In 2018, Cecotti founded the political movement Pact for Autonomy,[7] an autonomism political party in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which aims to protect all linguistic minorities in the region, and with which he ran again for the office of President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia at the 2018 regional election,[8] ranking fourth.[9]

References
  1. "Il prof di fisica teorica salito in cattedra anche nella politica". Messaggero Veneto. 31 December 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  2. "Regionali e comunali, oltre un milione di cittadini al voto in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Affluenza finale del 49,63%". jobsnews.it. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  3. "INSPIRE: Sergio Cecotti—author profile". inspirehep.net. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  4. "Sergio Cecotti e Massimiliano Fedriga - Passato e futuro nel presente". euroregionenews.eu. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  5. "Sindaco leghista per Udine". La Repubblica. 30 November 1998. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  6. "Anche Udine al centrosinistra: si completa la debacle del Polo". La Repubblica. 11 June 2003. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  7. "Cecotti: ecco il mio programma per salvare la Regione". ilfriuli.it. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  8. "Elezioni in Friuli Venezia Giulia: affluenza finale al 49,63%". La Repubblica. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  9. "In Friuli Venezia Giulia ha stravinto il centrodestra". Il Post. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
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