Giusi Nicolini (born Giuseppina Maria Nicolini, 5 March 1961) is an Italian politician, former Mayor of Lampedusa e Linosa.

Biography

A member of the Legambiente environmentalist association, after having been Deputy Mayor and Councilor for the Environment of Lampedusa e Linosa from 1983 to 1988, Nicolini is elected Mayor at the 2012 local elections. After the 2013 migrant shipwreck near to the shores of

Lampedusa Lampedusa ( , , ; scn, Lampidusa ; grc, Λοπαδοῦσσα and Λοπαδοῦσα and Λοπαδυῦσσα, Lopadoûssa; mt, Lampeduża) is the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The ''comune'' of L ...

, in which more than 300 migrants have drowned, Nicolini asked to the

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to realize a new European law on sanctuary and immigration rules. Due to her several efforts in order to promote integration and solidarity, Nicolini has been awarded with the

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Award for Peace in 2017. That same year, she tried to be re-elected Mayor at the

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, but failed.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolini, Giuseppina Maria 1961 births Living people Democratic Party (Italy) politicians 21st-century Italian politicians