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Sara Funaro (born 12 May 1976) is an Italian politician, Mayor of Florence since 26 June 2024 and the first woman to hold this office.
Sara Funaro | |
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![]() Funaro in 2023. | |
Mayor of Florence | |
Assumed office 26 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Dario Nardella |
Metropolitan Mayor of Florence | |
Assumed office 26 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Dario Nardella |
Personal details | |
Born | Florence, Italy | 12 May 1976
Political party | Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Florence |
Profession | Psychotherapist |
Born in 1976, Funaro is the granddaughter of Piero Bargellini, mayor of Florence during the 1966 flood of the Arno.[1]
She obtained a degree in clinical psychology at the University of Florence and a specialization in phenomenological psychotherapy at the University of Urbino and a master's degree in ethnopsychiatry at the Center Devereux in Paris.
A member of the Democratic Party, Funaro has been councilor for health, reception and equal opportunities from 2014 to 2024 under the mayorship of Dario Nardella.[2]
In the 2024 local elections, Funaro became the centre-left candidate for the office of Mayor of Florence, supported by the Democratic Party, the Greens and Left Alliance, More Europe and Action. She was elected in the run-off against the former director of the Uffizi Gallery Eike Schmidt, supported by the centre-right coalition, thus becoming the first woman to lead the city of Florence.[3]
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