Emilio Del Bono (born 26 November 1965) is an Italian politician from the

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and current Mayor of

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Biography

After graduating in Law at the

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, Del Bono entered into politics being elected city councilor of

, being very close to former minister and then Mayor Mino Martinazzoli. From 1993 to 1994, Del Bono has been the provincial secretary of the

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in the

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, and then he is appointed the provincial secretary of the Italian People's Party. In the 1996 general election, Del Bono was elected to the

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with the

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, being later re-elected in the

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and the 2006 election. In 2008, Del Bono decided not to run in the 2008 general election since he became the

candidate for the office of Mayor of

but was defeated by the

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candidate Adriano Paroli. In

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Del Bono challenged once again Paroli for the office of Mayor of

and managed to win on the runoff. He has been re-elected Mayor on the first round in the 2018 local elections.

Electoral history

References

External links

Official website
*Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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