Paolo Di Laura Frattura

Paolo Di Laura Frattura (born July 4, 1962 in Campobasso) is an Italian politician and member of the Democratic Party.

Paolo Di Laura Frattura
President of Molise
In office 18 March 2013 – 8 May 2018
Preceded by	Angelo Michele Iorio
Succeeded by	Donato Toma
Personal details
Born	(1962-07-04) 4 July 1962 (age 62) Campobasso, Italy
Political party	Democratic Party

Centre-left coalition nominee for President of Molise in 2011 regional election, he lost that election against incumbent President Angelo Michele Iorio (PdL) with a small margin.^[1] In the 2013 early regional election Frattura run again against Iorio: in this election Iorio lost^[2] re-election to Frattura. Frattura has served as the President of the Italian region of Molise from 2013^[3] to 2018, when he decided to not run for a second term in the April 2018 regional election (6 week after March 2018 Italian general election when the centre-left coalition arrived only third in the national vote and also in Molise).

His father, Fernando Di Laura Frattura, also served as the President of Molise from 1988 to 1990.^[4]

References

1. "Scrutinio Regione MOLISE - Elezioni Regionali del 16 e 17 ottobre 2011 - Ministero dell'Interno". regionali.interno.it. Archived from the original on 21 December 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
2. "Eligendo Archivio - Ministero dell'Interno DAIT".
3. Del Duca, Guido (2013-02-27). "Chi è Paolo Frattura, il nuovo presidente della Regione Molise". Polisblog. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
4. "Morto ex presidente Fernando Frattura". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2015-10-04.

Political offices
Preceded by Angelo Michele Iorio (PdL)	President of Molise 2013-2018	Succeeded by Donato Toma (FI)
Party political offices
Preceded by Roberto Ruta (DL) 2006	Centre-left coalition nominee for President of Molise 2011 and 2013	Succeeded by Carlo Veneziale (PD) 2018