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Sandro Ruotolo

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Sandro Ruotolo
Member of the European Parliament
for Southern Italy
Assumed office
16 July 2024
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
27 February 2020 – 13 October 2022
ConstituencyNaplesSan Carlo all'Arena
Personal details
Born
Alessandro Ruotolo

(1955-07-09) 9 July 1955 (age 69)
Naples, Italy
Political partyDemocratic Party (since 2023)
Other political
affiliations
Centre-left coalition
ProfessionJournalist

Alessandro Ruotolo (born 9 July 1955) is an Italian journalist and politician. He was elected to the Senate of the Republic in a by-election in 2020 as an independent politician of the centre-left coalition.[1]

Political career

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In November 2019, Five Star Movement Senator Franco Ortolani died from cancer. A by-election was held in the Naples district in February 2020, in which Ruotolo stood as an independent candidate with support from the centre-left coalition.[2] Ruotolo was elected with 48% of the votes.

Ruotolo has written about the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "results". dait.interno.gov.it. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Suppletive Senate, Sandro Ruotolo wins in Naples but semi-deserted urns". www.tgcom24.mediaset.it. 24 February 2020.
  3. ^ Ilardi, Arianna (9 May 2020). "Sandro Ruotolo: le mani della camorra sull'emergenza Coronavirus". Quotidianpost (in Italian). Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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