Federico Basile (born 19 June 1977) 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 ...

since 2022.

Biography

Basile holds a degree in economics and commerce from the

University of Messina The University of Messina ( it, Università degli Studi di Messina; Latin: ''Studiorum Universitas Messanae''), known colloquially as UniME, is a state university located in Messina, Sicily, Italy. Founded in 1548 by Pope Paul III, it was the world ...

. In 2005 he obtained the qualification to the profession of chartered accountant, as well as to that of auditor. From 2013 to 2018 he was a member of the board of auditors of the University of Messina, while from 2016 to 2017 he was an expert in marketing and economy of the territory of the municipality of

Montalbano Elicona Montalbano Elicona ( Sicilian: ''Muntarbanu'') 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 on the Nebrodi mountains at the bord ...

. Since February 2020 he has held the dual office of president of the evaluation unit of the

metropolitan city of Messina The Metropolitan City of Messina ( it, Città metropolitana di Messina) is a metropolitan city in Sicily, Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina. It replaced the Province of Messina and comprises the city of Messina and other 107 municipalitie ...

and general manager of the municipality of

Mayor of Messina

In 2022 he was a candidate for Mayor of Messina in view of the

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with the

Sicilia Vera Sicilia Vera () is a political party active in Sicily, led by Cateno De Luca. "Vera" is also an acronym for ''Verso una Economia Regionale Autonoma'' (). History The party was founded in 2007 by Cateno De Luca, at that time deputy of the Sicil ...

party of the resigning mayor

Cateno De Luca Cateno Roberto De Luca (born 18 March 1972) is an Italian politician, mayor of Messina from 2018 to 2022. Biography Mayor of Fiumedinisi and Santa Teresa di Riva De Luca was born in Fiumedinisi. At the age of 18 he began his political career by ...

, together with eight civic lists and the Lega. He wins in the first round, thanks to the regional electoral law which provides for the direct election of the candidate for mayor who obtains at least 40% of the votes, with 44% of the votes. On June 16 he was officially proclaimed mayor of Messina.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Basile, Federico 1977 births Living people University of Messina alumni Mayors of Messina 21st-century Italian politicians