Michele Guerra (born 19 January 1982) is an Italian academic and politician,

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

since 2022.

Biography

Guerra graduated ''cum laude'' in Modern Literature at the

University of Parma The University of Parma ( it, Università degli Studi di Parma, UNIPR) is a public university in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is organised in nine departments. As of 2016 the University of Parma has about 26,000 students. History During the ...

in 2004, where he then obtained a PhD in History of art and entertainment by discussing a thesis on the representation of rural classes in Italian cinema from

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to the

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. From 2009 to 2011 he was adjunct professor of History and Criticism of Cinema in the course of Written and Hypertext Communication Sciences at the University of Parma, while from 2011 to 2015 he was a Researcher of Cinema, Photography and Television at the same University. After being associate professor from 2015 to 2018, he has held the role of full professor since 2018. From 2017 to 2022 he held the position of councilor for culture in the municipality of

in the second council of the mayor

Federico Pizzarotti Federico Pizzarotti (born 7 October 1973) is an Italian politician, who served as mayor of Parma from 2012 to 2022. He was member of the Five Star Movement, and is now leader of Italia in Comune. He became the first Five Star Movement mayor in ...

Mayor of Parma

In view of the local elections of 2022, following an agreement between the Effetto Parma movement and the

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 ...

led by the

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, Guerra is indicated as the official candidate of the coalition for the office of Mayor of Parma. After obtaining 44.18% of the votes in the first round, he defeats the former mayor Pietro Vignali supported by the center-right with 66% of the votes in the ballot, being elected mayor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guerra, Michele Living people 1982 births 21st-century Italian politicians University of Parma alumni Mayors of places in Emilia-Romagna People from Parma