Federico Pizzarotti was born on 7 October 1973 and is an Italian politician who served as mayor of Parma from 2012 to 2022.
21 Facts About Federico Pizzarotti
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In 2018, Pizzarotti founded his own party, Italy in Common.
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Federico Pizzarotti worked for many years as a consultant for banks and financial institutions.
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Federico Pizzarotti began his political career in 2009, joining the newly formed M5S of Beppe Grillo and Gianroberto Casaleggio.
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In 2012, Federico Pizzarotti became the first M5S mayor in a provincial capital of Italy.
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In November 2015, Federico Pizzarotti was appointed by the ANCI as president of the Environmental Policies, Territory, Civil Protection, Energy and Waste Commission.
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In October 2016, Federico Pizzarotti left the M5S after years of tensions with the national leadership of the party that culminated in his suspension in February 2016.
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On 23 May 2016, Federico Pizzarotti, contesting the suspension, sent his counterarguments and was awaiting a response.
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On 16 September 2016, following the dismissal of the charges against him, he asked to be reinstated within the M5S; as he received no response, and with the new regulations that were modified during the suspension, Federico Pizzarotti announced that he was leaving the M5S on 3 October 2016.
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On 25 June 2017, after gaining access to the runoff, Federico Pizzarotti was confirmed mayor of Parma for a second term by running as an independent supported by his civic movement Parma Effect.
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On 15 April 2018, Federico Pizzarotti founded IiC as his political movement, calling itself the Mayors' Party.
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Federico Pizzarotti was a candidate in the North-East Italy constituency for +Eu; he came second with 22,127 preferences but was not elected as the list did not exceed the minimum access threshold.
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Ahead of the 2022 Italian general election, Federico Pizzarotti launched the LCN, a formation of centre-left coalition administrators that included LIC, a political association founded by the Italia Viva deputy Gianfranco Librandi and former +Eu deputy secretary Piercamillo Falasca.
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On 7 August 2022, Federico Pizzarotti announced the alliance between the LCN and IV, which was ended on 22 August 2022 following disagreements over the composition of the electoral lists.
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Federico Pizzarotti would have been candidate in third position in the multi-member constituency Emilia-Romagna 2 behind the Calenda and Lisa Noja.
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In November 2022, Federico Pizzarotti announced his membership in +Eu and at the same time his presidential candidacy for the next congress to determine Benedetto Della Vedova's successor at the helm of the party.
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Federico Pizzarotti cited as reasons for his exit the alliance with Salvatore Cuffaro and his candidates, such as Cuffaro's brother-in-law Marco Zambuto, as well as Clemente Mastella's wife Sandra Lonardo, and Armando Cesaro, the son of Forza Italia politician Luigi Cesaro and former FI group leader in the Regional Council of Campania who was appointed head of IV's local authorities.
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Federico Pizzarotti described them as "not very [pro-]'European' and very distant from our way of doing politics and our original mission".
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Federico Pizzarotti entered Az, Calenda's party, and was joined by Falasca.
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Federico Pizzarotti was announced as the 2024 European Parliament candidate for Az's list We Are Europeans in the North-East Italy constituency.
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Federico Pizzarotti has been married to Cinzia Piastri since 2003.