Sergio Chiamparino

Sergio Chiamparino (born 1 September 1948) is an Italian politician. He was President of Piedmont from 2014 to 2019, and was the mayor of Turin, Italy from 2001 to 2011.[1]

Sergio Chiamparino
President of Piedmont
In office 9 June 2014 – 6 June 2019
Preceded by	Roberto Cota
Succeeded by	Alberto Cirio
Mayor of Turin
In office 1 June 2001 – 16 May 2011
Preceded by	Valentino Castellani
Succeeded by	Piero Fassino
Personal details
Born	(1948-09-01) 1 September 1948 Moncalieri, Piedmont, Italy
Political party	Communist Party (Before 1991) Democratic Party of the Left (1991–1998) Democrats of the Left (1998–2007) Democratic Party (2007–present)
Alma mater	University of Turin

A graduate in political sciences at the University of Turin, where he worked as a researcher until 1975, Chiamparino started his political career that same year as head of the Italian Communist Party in the Town Council of Moncalieri, his native city. He joined the Democratic Party of the Left on its formation and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1996, following a surprise defeat in 1994 to the centre-right candidate Alessandro Meluzzi in the left-leaning district of Mirafiori.

He was elected mayor of Turin in 2001, succeeding to Valentino Castellani and then re-elected in May 2006 with 66.6% of votes, defeating the centre-right candidate Rocco Buttiglione. He was afterward elected president of the Piedmont regional council in 2014.