Mario Primicerio

Mario Primicerio (born 13 November 1940 in Rome) is an Italian politician and the former Mayor of Florence.

Mario Primicerio
Mayor of Florence
In office 24 April 1995 – 14 June 1999
Preceded by	Giorgio Morales
Succeeded by	Leonardo Domenici
Personal details
Born	13 November 1940 Rome, Italy
Political party	Independent

Career

Graduated in physics in 1962, from 1970 he started teaching at the University of Florence,[1] after working as a researcher at the ionized gas laboratory of Frascati.

During these years he becomes a close collaborator of former Mayor of Florence Giorgio La Pira.

In 1995 he ran for the office of Mayor of Florence: for the first time a center-left coalition, composed by the former communist Democratic Party of the Left and some other progressives party, such as the new-born Federation of the Greens and the Communist Refoundation Party, presented its candidate.[2] The main opposition to Primicerio's coalition was represented by Giorgio Morales, the outgoing mayor, former member of the Italian Socialist Party and now a supporter of Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party.

Primicerio easily won the election on the first round and became the first elected Mayor of Florence and remained in office until 1999, when he decided to retire from politics.[3]

He has then been visitor professor in several universities, like those of Austin, Beijing, Helsinki, Minneapolis, Novosibirsk, Oxford, Paris, São Carlos, Rosario and Tel Aviv.

References

1. University of Florence. "Curriculum vitae".
2. elezionistorico.interno.gov.it. "1995 Comunal Elections".
3. La Repubblica (7 April 1999). "Firenze, Primicerio lascia: "Me lo ordina il medico"".

External links

• Home Page on "Ulisse Dini" Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of University of Florence