Fiorenza Bassoli (9 August 1948 – 5 July 2020) was an Italian politician. Bassoli was born in

Reggiolo Reggiolo ( Guastallese: ) is a town in the province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. As of 31 December 2016 Reggiolo had an estimated population of 9,192. Carlo Ancelotti, the famous football manager, is a native of the town, and Formula On ...

on 9 August 1948. She began her political career affiliated with the

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, and later joined its successors the

Democratic Party of the Left The Democratic Party of the Left ( it, Partito Democratico della Sinistra, PDS) was a democratic socialist and social-democratic political party in Italy. Founded in February 1991 as the post-communist evolution of the Italian Communist Party, ...

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and the

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. She was a member of the council of

Sesto San Giovanni Sesto San Giovanni (; lmo, Sest San Giovann, label=Western Lombard ), locally referred to as just Sesto ( lmo, Sest, links=no), is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. Its railway station is the northernmost s ...

, then served as the first woman mayor of the

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between 1985 and 1994, succeeding Libero Biagi. Bassoli was subsequently elected to the

Regional Council of Lombardy The Regional Council of Lombardy ( it, Consiglio Regionale della Lombardia) is the parliament, legislative assembly of Lombardy, Italy. It was first elected in 1970, when the Regions of Italy, ordinary regions were instituted, on the basis of th ...

, in office from 1995 to 2005. She then served in the

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from 2006 to 2013. Bassoli died in

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on 5 July 2020, aged 71.

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