Giorgio Kutufà (10 April 1948 – 13 May 2020) was an Italian politician who served as the President of the

Province of Livorno The province of Livorno or, traditionally, province of Leghorn ( it, provincia di Livorno) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. It includes several islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, including Elba and Capraia. Its capital is the city of ...

from 13 June 2004 to 14 October 2014. He also served in the

Regional Council of Tuscany The Regional Council of Tuscany (''Consiglio Regionale della Toscana'') is the legislative assembly of Tuscany. It was first elected in 1970, when the ordinary regions were instituted, on the basis of the Constitution of Italy of 1948. Compos ...

from 1985 to 1995.

Biography

Giorgio Kutufà was born and raised in

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...

. He studied

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and commerce at the University of Pisa. Kutufà returned to the university as a member of the Faculty of Economics later in his life. Kutufà was first elected to the

municipal council in 1970, where he served from 1970 to 1985 as a member of the Christian Democrats (DC). He was then elected to the

from 1985 to 1995. Following the dissolution of the

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(DC) party in 1994, Kutufà became a co-founder of Toscana Democratica. Kutufà served as President of the Province of Livorno for two terms from 13 June 2004 to 14 October 2014. He became provincial President in 2004 when his center left coalition comprising Democrats of the Left, The Daisy,

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, and the Italian Democratic Socialists, captured 59.3% of the vote in the June 2004 election. In 2009, Giorgio Kutufà won a second term as President of the Province of Livorno when his new center-left coalition, this time supported by the

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, Italy of Values and

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parties, won 54.4% of the vote in the 6-7 June election. Giorgio Kutufà died from a long illness on 13 May 2020 at the age of 72. He was survived by his wife, Daniela, and two children, Ilaria and Luigi.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kutufa, Giorgio 1948 births 2020 deaths Presidents of the Province of Livorno Members of the Regional Council of Tuscany Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians Academic staff of the University of Pisa University of Pisa alumni People from Livorno