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Italo Falcomatà (8 October 1943 – 11 December 2001) was an Italian politician and school and university teacher. Three times mayor of Reggio Calabria, from 1993 to 2001,[1] under his guidance a period known as the Reggio Spring began. From 1970 to 1971, the city of Reggio was the scene of a popular uprising – known as the Moti di Reggio – against the government choice of Catanzaro as capital of the newly instituted Region of Calabria; afterwards there was a period of social and urban deterioration which lasted until the Reggio Spring began. His youngest child Giuseppe Falcomatà is the current mayor of Reggio since 2014.
Italo Falcomatà | |
|---|---|
 Falcomatà in 2014 | |
| 20th Mayor of Reggio Calabria | |
| In office 23 November 1993 – 11 December 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Reale |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Scopelliti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1943 Reggio Calabria, Italy |
| Died | 11 December 2001 (aged 58) Reggio Calabria, Italy |
| Cause of death | Leukemia |
| Political party | Democrats of the Left (1998–2001) |
| Other political affiliations | Italian Communist Party (1970–1991), Democratic Party of the Left (1991–1998) |
| Children | Giuseppe Falcomatà |
Bibliography
edit- Vv. Aa. ...E a Reggio sbocciò la primavera. Italo Falcomatà, il primo dei cittadini, Città del Sole Edizioni, 2012, ISBN 8873516157
- Oscar Gaspari, Rosario Forlenza, Sante Cruciani, Storie di sindaci per la storia d'Italia, Donzelli Editore, 2009
References
edit- ^ Loria, Danilo (25 July 2015). "Reggio: chi è stato Italo Falcomatà, il sindaco della "primavera reggina" [BIOGRAFIA]" [Reggio: who was Italo Falcomatà, the mayor of the "spring of Reggio Calabria" [BIOGRAPHY]]. strettoweb.com (in Italian).
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