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 the first woman to hold this office.
Biography
[edit]Born in 1976, Funaro is the granddaughter of Piero Bargellini, mayor of Florence during the 1966 flood of the Arno.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
