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Marco Zambuto

Marco Zambuto (born 10 April 1973) is an Italian politician.

Marco Zambuto
Mayor of Agrigento
In office
29 May 2007 – 13 June 2014
Preceded byAldo Piazza
Succeeded byLillo Firetto
Personal details
Born (1973-04-10) 10 April 1973 (age 51)
Agrigento, Italy
Political partyForza Italia (since 2019)
Other political
affiliations		DC (until 1994)
UC (1995–2002)
UdC (2002–2008; 2010–2013)
PdL (2008–2010)
PD (2013–2019)
Alma materUniversity of Palermo
ProfessionLawyer

Early life and education edit

Zambuto was born on 10 April 1973 in Agrigento, in the Sicily region. He attended the liceo classico (named after Empedocles), where he was for several years the institute representative, and was also the provincial representative of Agrigento students. He graduated in law at the University of Palermo. He is a lawyer since 1999.[1][2]

Career edit

Zambuto began his political career in Christian Democracy (DC). In 1993, he was elected municipal councilor of Agrigento on the DC list . After the DC dissolved in 1994, he joined the United Christian Democrats (CDU) in 1995 and he was re-elected with the CDU party in 1997. In 2004, Zambuto became the municipal budget councilor of Agrigento. He ran for mayor of Agrigento at the 2007 Italian local elections, supported by a coalition composed of the Union of the Centre (UdC), Democrats of the Left (DS), and UDEUR. He was elected at the second round and took office on 29 May 2007.[3]

During the 2012 Italian local elections, Zambuto was re-elected for a second term as mayor of Agrigento on 23 May 2012.[4][5] He resigned on 13 June 2014;[6] this came after a conviction for abuse of office, which was overturned on appeal five months later.[2] In 2023, alongside Action politicians Carlo Calenda, Enrico Costa, and Mariastella Gelmini, Zambuto put forward a law proposal to decriminalize the abuse of office.[7]

After a period as member of The People of Freedom (PdL) from 2008 to 2010, Zambuto joined the Democratic Party (PD) under the party's new secretary Matteo Renzi in 2013.[8][9][10] On 31 March 2015, Zambuto resigned from the position of president of the Regional Assembly of the PD in Sicily following a controversy sparked by his visit to Silvio Berlusconi in Arcore.[11] He left the PD in 2019 and joined Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI).[12] In 2020, he ran again for mayor of Agrigento, supported by FI, UdC, and DiventeràBellissima but was not elected.[2] On 4 January 2021, he was appointed regional councilor for local authorities and public functions by the then Sicily president Nello Musumeci;[2] he held this position until 2022.[13]

For the 2024 European Parliament election in Italy, Zambuto is considered to be a candidate within Salvatore Cuffaro's Christian Democracy Sicily (DCS) as part of a deal between Renzi and Cuffaro,[12] who is Zambuto's brother-in-law,[7] for Renew Europe's United States of Europe list in Italy.[14][15][16] This caused controversy and opposition among Italian liberals, including Calenda and More Europe president Federico Pizzarotti.[7][17][18]

References edit

  1. ^ "Marco Zambuto". Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali (in Italian). 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Marco Zambuto". Regione Sicilia (in Italian). 2019. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Speciale elezioni 2007 – Elezioni amministrative: Agrigento". La Repubblica (in Italian). 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Speciale elezioni 2012 – Elezioni amministrative: Agrigento". La Repubblica (in Italian). 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Elezioni 2012, Marco Zambuto è di nuovo sindaco di Agrigento a furor di popolo". AgrigentoNotizie (in Italian). 21 May 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  6. ^ Schicchi, Gioacchino (13 June 2014). "Agrigento, Marco Zambuto dà le dimissioni. 'Sul Comune non devono esserci ombre'". La Sicilia (in Italian). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Luna, Alessandro (28 March 2024). "Per Azione oggi Zambuto è impresentabile, ma un anno fa era un esempio". Il Foglio (in Italian). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  8. ^ Lauria, Emanuele (14 March 2008). "Tradimenti e manifesti rifatti la stagione record dei voltagabbana". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  9. ^ Lauria, Emanuele (27 June 2013). "Marco Zambuto. Il sindaco di Agrigento passa a Renzi 'L'Udc paga la fusione con Monti'". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Zambuto folgorato da Renzi Il sindaco passa al Pd". LiveSicilia (in Italian). 27 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  11. ^ Pipitone, Giacinto (31 March 2015). "Visita a casa di Berlusconi. Zambuto si dimette da presidente del Pd". Giornale di Sicilia (in Italian). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  12. ^ a b Di Peri, Miriam (27 March 2024). "Marco Zambuto in corsa alle Europee per la Dc di Cuffaro nella lista Renzi". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  13. ^ Di Peri, Miriam (27 March 2024). "Marco Zambuto in corsa alle Europee per la Dc di Cuffaro nella lista Renzi". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  14. ^ Della Croce, Marina (28 March 2024). "Guai per la lista Bonino-Renzi. Ultimatum di Pizzarotti: 'No a Cuffaro'". Il manifesto (in Italian). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  15. ^ Grossi, Lorenzo (28 March 2024). "'Candidature inaccettabili', 'Vai pure da Calenda'. Volano gli stracci tra Pizzarotti e Bonino". Il Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  16. ^ Novi, Errico (29 March 2024). "'Vade retro Cuffaro', sibilò il garantista Calenda". Il Dubbio (in Italian). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  17. ^ Di Peri, Miriam (29 March 2024). "L'asse fra Cuffaro e Zambuto manda in tilt +Europa: lite tra Pizzarotti e Bonino". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Vacilla già l'alleanza fra Renzi e Cuffaro, Pizzarotti attacca Zambuto ed è polemica con Italia Viva". BlogSicilia (in Italian). 28 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.

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Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Agrigento
2007–2014 		Succeeded by
  

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