Federico Borgna (born 19 October 1973 in

Cuneo Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in ...

) is an Italian politician. Borgna ran as an

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for the office of Mayor of Cuneo at the

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, supported by a

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The c ...

coalition. He won and took office on 23 May 2012. He was re-elected for a second term on 16 June 2017. He was elected President of the

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on 13 October 2014 and re-elected on 1 November 2018. Borgna has been the first blind mayor of an Italian provincial capital and president of an Italian province.

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* 1973 births Living people Blind politicians Mayors of Cuneo People from Cuneo Presidents of the Province of Cuneo {{Piedmont-politician-stub

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