Jamil Sadegholvaad (born 14 June 1972) is an Italian politician, who has served as mayor of Rimini since 7 October 2021.

Biography

Born to a mother from

Coriano Coriano ( rgn, Curién) is a ''comune'' in the province of Rimini. This town is known for being the city of the Motorcycle World Champion, in 250cc class, Marco Simoncelli. History Coriano's origins are ancient: it was an Umbrian, Etruscan civi ...

and an

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

father, Sadegholvaad graduated in political science at the

Forlì Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna. The city is situated along the Via E ...

campus of the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continuo ...

, alternating study with work in the Persian carpet shop opened by his parents. Member of the

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since its foundation, he made his debut in politics as a

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assessor An assessor may be: * ''Assessor'' (fish), a genus of fishes * Assessor (law), the assistant to a judge or magistrate * Assessor (Oxford), a senior officer of the University of Oxford * Assessor (property), an expert who calculates the value of pr ...

for Industry in the executive led by Stefano Vitali from 2009 to 2011. Elected then municipal councilor at the 2011 municipal elections, he joined the government of mayor Andrea Gnassi as assessor for Security, a position he held for ten years from 2011 to 2021. Ahead of the municipal elections of 2021, Sadegholvaad is chosen by his party as candidate for mayor, leading a

centre-left coalition The centre-left coalition ( it, coalizione di centro-sinistra) is an political alliance, alliance of list of political parties in Italy, political parties in Italy active, under several forms and names, since 1995 when The Olive Tree (Italy), Th ...

, being then elected in the first round with 51.32% of the votes and thus becoming the first mayor of an Italian ''

capoluogo The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' of foreign origin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadegholvaad, Jamil 1972 births Living people 21st-century Italian politicians University of Bologna alumni Mayors of Rimini Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Italian people of Iranian descent