Italo Falcomatà

Italo Falcomatà
20th Mayor of Reggio Calabria
In office
November 23, 1993 (1993-11-23)  December 11, 2001 (2001-12-11)
Personal details
Born (1943-10-08)October 8, 1943
Reggio Calabria, Italy
Died December 11, 2001(2001-12-11) (aged 58)
Reggio Calabria, Italy
Nationality Italian
Political party Democrats of the Left (1998-2001)
Other political
affiliations
Italian Communist Party (1970-1991), Democratic Party of the Left (1991-1998)
Children Giuseppe Falcomatà

Italo Falcomatà (Reggio di Calabria, 1943-2001) was an Italian politician and school and university teacher. Three times mayor of Reggio, during 1993-2001,[1] under his guidance a period known as the Reggio Spring began. In 1970-1971 the city of Reggio was the scene of a popular uprising - known as the Moti di Reggio - against the government choice of Catanzaro as capital of the newly instituted Region of Calabria; afterwards there was a period of social and urban deterioration which lasted until the Reggio Spring began. His youngest child Giuseppe Falcomatà is the current mayor of Reggio since 2014.

Bibliography

  • Vv.Aa. ...E a Reggio sbocciò la primavera. Italo Falcomatà, il primo dei cittadini, Città del Sole Edizioni, 2012, ISBN 8873516157
  • Oscar Gaspari, Rosario Forlenza, Sante Cruciani, Storie di sindaci per la storia d'Italia, Donzelli Editore, 2009, https://books.google.it/books?id=bQ8S427Nu9EC

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