Enzo Lattuca (born 9 February 1988) is an Italian politician, former deputy of the Italian Republic, mayor of Cesena since 2019 and current President of the Union of Valle Savio Municipalities.[1][2]

Enzo Lattuca
Mayor of Cesena
Assumed office
10 June 2019
Preceded byPaolo Lucchi
President of Province of Forlì-Cesena
Assumed office
19 December 2021
Preceded byGabriele Antonio Fratto
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 March 2013 – 22 March 2018
ConstituencyEmilia-Romagna
Personal details
Born (1988-02-09) February 9, 1988 (age 36)
Cesena, Italy
Political partyDS (until 2007)
PD (since 2007)
Alma materUniversity of Bologna
Enzo Lattuca with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Cesena.

Biography

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Studies

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Graduated in 2007 at the Augusto Righi Scientific High School in Cesena, in July 2012, he obtained a master's degree in Law at the University of Bologna with a thesis in Constitutional Law entitled "The powers of the President of the Republic in training, crises and activities of the Government".[3] Subsequently, in 2017, he obtained - again at the University of Bologna - the title of PhD in Constitutional Law, discussing a thesis on "Parliamentary law, study of the practice of the XVII Legislature of the Chamber of Deputies".[4]

Personal life

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He lives with Giorgia and is the father of two children:[5] Tommaso (born in 2017) and Pietro (born in 2019).[6]

Political activity

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Since 2009, he has been a municipal councilor of Cesena and, since 2010, he has held the position of municipal secretary of the Democratic Party.

In December 2012, he won the parliamentary primary of the PD Cesena, winning 3,918 preferences out of 5,892 voters.[7]

Member of the Chamber of Deputies

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In the general elections of February, 2013, he was elected deputy, becoming the youngest member of parliament of the 17th legislature and in the entire history of Italy, having turned 25 years and 15 days at the time of the vote.[8][9]

On May 9, 2013, he announced his resignation as councilor of Cesena,[10] reasons therefore with the "objective difficulties" involved in the maintenance of the dual role of parliamentary and municipal councilor, as well as the belief gained about the inappropriateness of asking for a derogation from the prohibition dual role established by the statute of the PD.

On May 4, 2015, he opposed voting for Italicum, the new electoral law approved by the House.[11]

Mayor of Cesena

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On 9 June 2019, he was elected mayor of the city of Cesena defeating center-right candidate Andrea Rossi in the ballot with 55.74%.[12] On the occasion of the first session of the new city council, on 27 June 2019, he sworn in as the new mayor of the city.[13]

Controversy

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On 25 October 2013, the deputy of the Five Star Movement Maria Edera Spadoni accused him of physical and verbal assault against her,[14] therefore asking the Bureau of the Chamber to evaluate the episode for disciplinary purposes.[15] In a note, the deputy PD contested the reconstruction of the facts, denying any aggressive intent against the colleague.[16]

On 11 December 2013, the Bureau of the Chamber took note of the fact that a mere verbal altercation took place between the two deputies, also arranging "by way of exception [...] to make available on the website the video recording of this episode in consideration of the media coverage that the same has had",[17] in which the gesture of knocking made on the head of the M5S deputy and consequently the clerks of the Chamber who dragged away the deputy of the PD.[18] Lattuca, after expressing his satisfaction with the conclusions of the Bureau, made a request for a public apology to him by the deputy Giorgio Sorialfor "having declared that I had put my hands on my colleague Spadoni".[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Enzo Lattuca è il nuovo presidente dell'Unione dei Comuni Valle Savio". CesenaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  2. ^ "Il sindaco di Cesena Enzo Lattuca è il nuovo presidente dell'Unione dei Comuni Valle Savio". Corriere Cesenate (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  3. ^ www.comune.cesena.fc.it, Comune di Cesena-. "Il Sindaco - Enzo Lattuca". www.comune.cesena.fc.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  4. ^ Lattuca, Enzo <1988> (2017-05-24). Il Diritto Parlamentare. Studio della prassi della XVII legislatura della Camera dei Deputati (Doctoral Thesis thesis) (in Italian). Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna.{{cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Le interviste personali, Lattuca: "Fare una scelta per una Cesena del domani da lasciare ai nostri figli"". CesenaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  6. ^ "Nuovo fiocco azzurro per il candidato sindaco Enzo Lattuca: dopo Tommaso arriva Pietro". CesenaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  7. ^ Carlino, il Resto del (30 December 2012). "Primarie Pd, largo al segretario: Enzo Lattuca vince senza rivali". il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  8. ^ "Incontro post elettorale a Casola Valsenio con il neo deputato Enzo Lattuca". RavennaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  9. ^ Carlino, il Resto del (19 January 2013). "Cesena, elezioni politiche: ecco Enzo Lattuca, l'enfant prodige del Pd". il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  10. ^ "Il Pd si muove per il 'dopo Lattuca', si mobilitano gli iscritti al partito". CesenaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  11. ^ "Italicum è legge, via libera della Camera: 334 sì. Opposizioni fuori, parte della minoranza vota no". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  12. ^ "Enzo Lattuca è il nuovo sindaco di Cesena con il 55,74 per cento dei voti". Corriere Cesenate (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  13. ^ "Il sindaco Enzo Lattuca presta giuramento in Consiglio e presenta la giunta". CesenaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  14. ^ "Spadoni accusa Lattuca: mi ha aggredito - Emilia Romagna - ANSA.it". www.ansa.it. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  15. ^ "Le decisioni dell". Camera dei Deputati (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  16. ^ Carlino, il Resto del (25 October 2013). "La grillina Spadoni: "Lattuca mi ha aggredito" Il deputato cesenate nega tutto". il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  17. ^ "Le decisioni dell". Camera dei Deputati (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  18. ^ "La fine della storia della lite in aula tra Enzo Lattuca e Maria Edera Spadoni - Giornalettismo". 2013-12-24. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  19. ^ "La Camera 'sentenzia': nessuna aggressione Lattuca a Spadoni - Video". 2013-12-16. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2021-08-09.