Cateno Roberto De Luca (born 18 March 1972) is an Italian politician, mayor of

Messina Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in ...

from 2018 to 2022.

Biography

Mayor of Fiumedinisi and Santa Teresa di Riva

De Luca was born in

Fiumedinisi Fiumedinisi ( Sicilian: ''Ciumidinisi'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina. Fiumedinisi borders the following municipa ...

. At the age of 18 he began his political career by being elected to the city council of his city and at the age of 22 he was appointed councilor to the municipality. After losing to the municipal elections of 1998 for the nomination of the new mayor of Fiumedinisi, he reapplied in 2003, succeeding this time to win. Reconfirmed mayor in 2008, two years before he is a candidate for the Regional Sicilian Regional elections, being elected and reconfirmed in the elections of 2008 and 2012. In 2011 he resigned as mayor of his city and ran the following year as mayor of Santa Teresa di Riva, winning the first round and remaining in office until 2017.

Member of the ARS

At the regional elections of 2006 he was elected deputy to the Sicilian Regional Assembly with the Movement for the Autonomies, among whose ranks he was re-elected also to the successive regional of 2008. At the regional Sicilian in 2012 he was a candidate for the Presidency of the region, supported by the Sicilian Revolution list, obtaining however only 1.23% of the votes, not being simultaneously re-elected to the ARS. In 2017 he founded the Sicilia Vera movement, which will make an agreement with the UDC in view of the Sicilian regional elections of 5 November 2017: De Luca is re-elected member of the ARS among the ranks of the Union of the Center. Three days after the elections, on 8 November, he was arrested on charges of tax evasion. Under

house arrest In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or, in modern times, electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to their residence. Travel is usually restricted, if all ...

, this conviction is subsequently revoked and replaced by an interdictive measure of the prohibition to hold top positions in the bodies involved in the investigation.

Mayor of Messina

In 2018 he was a candidate for

mayor of Messina In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as ...

in view of the administrative with the support of six centrist civic lists. He was elected to the ballot on 24 June with 65.28% of the votes, beating the centre-right candidate Placido Bramanti.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:De Luca, Cateno 1972 births Living people 20th-century Italian politicians Mayors of Messina 21st-century Italian politicians