Piero Marrazzo (born 29 July 1958) is an Italian journalist and politician. He served as the President of

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, the region of

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containing

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, from 2005 to 2009. Piero Marrazzo is the son of Giuseppe Marrazzo (a field journalist noted for his investigations on

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) and

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Luigia Spina. He was a political activist during his youth, leading towards

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, and obtained a degree in

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. He went on to become a prominent TV

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, working for twenty years for

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, on programmes such as

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and

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, heading the

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journalistic department of RAI, working with

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(on programmes such as "Cronaca in Diretta", "Drugstories", and "Format"), and finally becoming the anchorman for eight consecutive years of " Mi Manda Rai Tre", for which he is most remembered. In November 2004 he left his job to run for presidency of Lazio as the candidate of centre-left coalition

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; he won the April 2005 regional elections attracting 50.7% of votes. He suspended himself from his role on Saturday 24 October 2009, after 4 carabinieri officers allegedly tried to blackmail him with video footage, purporting to reveal him in a bedroom with a

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prostitute, where a limited quantity of cocaine was also present. Marrazzo admitted the meeting and said that the move paved the way for his resignation.Transsexual blackmail plot forces Governor of Lazio to step down
/ref> In 2018 the four carabineri officers were found guilty of conspiracy and blackmailing.

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External links

* * Personal profile on the official website of the Regione Lazio
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. Living people 1958 births Presidents of Lazio Italian journalists Italian male journalists Writers from Rome Heads of government who were later imprisoned {{italy-politician-stub