Maurizio Acerbo (born 4 December 1965 in

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...

), is an Italian politician and the current Secretary of the Communist Refoundation Party. In 1984 he was elected provincial secretary of FGCI (Youth Communist Italian Federation) in Pescara. He was elected for the first time in 1985 as a counselor in the Zanni district of Pescara and later a city councilor in the same city in 1990. In 1996 he was the founder and radio director of Radio Città Pescara - Popolare Network. He was also regional secretary of the Communist Refoundation of Abruzzo until 2006. In the

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he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, while in the

2008 Italian general election A snap election was held in Italy on 13–14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved the Italian Parliament on 6 February 2008, following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January ...

he was nominated for the Senate with

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, but the list did not exceed the threshold and he wasn't elected. In the 2008 regional election in Abruzzo he was elected in the Regional Council, while in the 2009 local election he stood for Mayor of

and gaining 2,096 preferences and the 3% of the votes, being elected in the municipal council. In the regional election in Abruzzo of 2014 he was candidate for President of the region, but he gained only the 3% of the votes and he wasn't re-elected in the Regional Council. On 2 April 2017, he has been appointed as new Secretary of the Communist Refoundation Party.Rifondazione Comunista, Ferrero lascia dopo 9 anni: il nuovo segretario è Acerbo
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