Salvatore Domenico Antonio Pogliese (born 3 March 1972) is an Italian politician, Mayor of Catania from 2018 to 2022.

Biography

Pogliese graduated in Economy at the

University of Catania The University of Catania ( it, Università degli Studi di Catania) is a university located in Catania, Sicily. Founded in 1434, it is the oldest university in Sicily, the 13th oldest in Italy, and the 29th oldest university in the world. With a ...

and has been a chartered accountant. He entered in politics when he was very young, beginning his political career in the ''Fronte della Gioventù'' (''Youth Front''), the youth organization of the

Italian Social Movement The Italian Social Movement ( it, Movimento Sociale Italiano, MSI) was a neo-fascist political party in Italy. A far-right party, it presented itself until the 1990s as the defender of Italian fascism's legacy, and later moved towards national ...

, of which Pogliese has been provincial secretary in

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

. With the end of the MSI and the birth of National Alliance, Pogliese became the regional secretary of Youth Action, the youth organization of

Gianfranco Fini Gianfranco Fini (born 3 January 1952) is an Italian politician who served as the president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2013. He is the former leader of the far-right Italian Social Movement, the conservative National Allianc ...

's party in

Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...

. In 1997 he was elected to the City Council of

and in 2003 he was elected to the Provincial Council, working as assessor in the junta led by

Raffaele Lombardo Raffaele Lombardo ; (born 29 October 1950, in Catania) is an Italian politician who was President of Sicily and former Member of the European Parliament for Islands with the Movement for the Autonomies and has sat on the European Parliament's Com ...

. He is elected to the

Sicilian Regional Assembly The Sicilian Regional Assembly is the legislative body of Sicily. While it has a long history as an autonomous entity, the modern Region of Sicily was established by Royal Decree on 15 May 1946, before the Italian Republic. The Regional Assembly ...

in the regional elections of 2006 with National Alliance and in the regional elections of 2008 with

The People of Freedom The People of Freedom ( it, Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL, launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007, was initially a federation of political parties, notably including Forza Italia a ...

. Re-elected in the regional elections of 2012, he became vice-president of the

. During the 2014 European election, Pogliese in elected to the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

with

Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...

. In February 2018, Pogliese announced his intention to run for Mayor of Catania, receiving support from his own party and the whole

centre-right coalition The centre-right coalition ( it, coalizione di centro-destra) is an alliance of political parties in Italy, active—under several forms and names—since 1994, when Silvio Berlusconi entered politics and formed his Forza Italia party. Despite ...

and from

President of Sicily This is the list of all the presidents of Sicily since 1947. There has been 24 elected presidents by Regional Council (1947-2001), and 4 directly elected presidents since 2001. ;Elected by the Regional Council (1947–2001) ;Directly-elected p ...

Nello Musumeci Sebastiano "Nello" Musumeci (born 21 January 1955) is a right-wing Italian politician. Musumeci is serving as Minister for Civil Protection and Sea Policies since 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni. He previously served as Presi ...

. In June 2018, Pogliese is elected Mayor, defeating his incumbent predecessor

Enzo Bianco Enzo Bianco (born 24 February 1951) is an Italian politician, former mayor of Catania and former Minister of the Interior. Early life Bianco was born on 24 February 1951 in Aidone, province of Enna, Italy. Career Bianco has been a member of t ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pogliese, Salvo 1972 births Living people Italian Social Movement politicians National Alliance (Italy) politicians The People of Freedom politicians Forza Italia (2013) politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Mayors of Catania MEPs for Italy 2014–2019