Franco Trappoli (born 5 November 1947) is an Italian politician, formerly of the

Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-living parties of the country. Founded in Genoa in 1892, ...

. He served as the mayor of

Fano Fano is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the ''Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by popula ...

from 1980 to 1983 and was a member of the

Italian Chamber of Deputies The Chamber of Deputies ( it, Camera dei deputati) is the lower house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Senate of the Republic). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral system, meaning they perform identical funct ...

Biography

Born in

Orvieto Orvieto () is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The city rises dramatically above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are compl ...

in 1947, he graduated in the field of economic and commercial sciences. He was the mayor of

from 1980 to 1983 and served as a member of the

from 1983 to 1987 and from 1992 to 1994. He was the first

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to become a member of the

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External links

Radio Radicale: Interview with Franco Trappoli
1947 births Living people People from Orvieto Italian Buddhists Italian Socialist Party politicians Deputies of Legislature IX of Italy Deputies of Legislature XI of Italy Politicians of Marche Politicians of Umbria {{Italy-mayor-stub