Eugenio Giani (born 30 June 1959 in

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) is an Italian politician. He started his political activity in the

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and he was active in the City council of Florence, of which he became president in 2009. He became a member of the

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the same year. At the

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he obtained 10,505 personal preferences only in the city of

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, and on 25 June 2015 he was elected President of the

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. He was elected

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in the 2020 regional election, and became the oldest President-elect at the age of 61. He officially swore in as President on 8 October 2020.

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