Francesco Schittulli (born 21 April 1946 in

Gravina in Puglia Gravina in Puglia (; nap, label= Barese, Gravéine ; la, Silvium; grc, Σιλούϊον, Siloúïon) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. The word ''gravina'' comes from the Latin ''grava'' or from ...

) is an Italian surgeon and politician. Since 2000 is the President of the Lega Italiana per la Lotta ai Tumori (''Italian League Against Cancer'').

Biography

Francesco Schittulli was son on Angelo Schittulli, regional secretary of

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in Apulia in the 80s and 90s. He graduated with honors in Medicine and Surgery and specialized in

general surgery General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid ...

and

oncology Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (''ó ...

. Since 1993, year of its establishment, he has been a member of the National Oncology Commission of the Ministry of Health. He was also the scientific director of the Oncological Institute of

Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...

since 1993 until 1997. Elected several times councilor to the Order of Doctors of Bari, Schittulli was also national councilor of the ''Italian Society of Surgical Oncology'' and director of the ''Special School of Surgical Breast'' of ''Italian Hospital Surgeons Association''. Furthermore, he has been lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the

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and then at the Graduate School of Oncology of the

University of Bari The University of Bari Aldo Moro ( it, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro) is a state-supported higher education institution founded in 1925 in Bari, Apulia, in Southern Italy. The university is one of the most prestigious universities in ...

and of the

University of Rome Tor Vergata Tor Vergata University of Rome, also known as the University of Rome II ( it, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"), is a public university, public research university located in Rome, Italy. Located in the southeastern suburb of Rome, the ...

. On 7 June 2009 Schittulli, supported by the centre-right coalition, was elected President of the Province of Bari with the 50.05% of the vote. On 31 October 2011 he resigned from his position, however, after 18 days he withdrew his resignation for the newfound cohesion of the coalition. Schittulli was candidated for president in the

2015 Apulian regional election The Apulian regional election of 2015 were held on 31 May 2015.A ...

, but after the political breaking between

Raffaele Fitto Raffaele Fitto (born 28 August 1969) is an Italian politician and a member of the European Parliament. He is serving as the minister of European affairs in the Meloni Cabinet since 2022. Career Born in Maglie, Fitto was elected in 1999 at Europe ...

and

Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies ...

he was supported by only a part of the centre-right coalition ( Schittulli Political Movement−

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, Over with Fitto and

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), while

Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...

supported the candidacy of

Adriana Poli Bortone Adriana Poli Bortone (born 25 August 1943) is an Italian politician who was a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2008. She represented Southern Italy. She was mayor of Lecce until 2007. Biography Born in Lecce, she became Assistant ...

. Finally, Schittulli finished third, obtaining the 18.29% of the vote, behind

Michele Emiliano Michele Emiliano (born 23 July 1959) is an Italian politician and former judge. He is the incumbent president of Apulia Region since June 2015, and he previously served as mayor of Bari from 2004 to 2014. Emiliano has often been considered a popu ...

( PD) and Antonella Laricchia ( M5S), but surpassing the other centre-right candidate, Adriana Poli Bortone.Regionali Puglia, tutti sconfitti nel derby di centrodestra. Fitto non cancella Forza Italia
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