On Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June the citizens of Livorno will return to vote to elect the new mayor: voting will take place from 3pm to 11pm on Saturday 8th June and from 7am to 11pm on Sunday 9th June. The count and counting for the local elections will take place starting from 2pm on Monday 10 June. This time, six candidates for mayor will compete to enter the main door of the civic building, four men and two women, including Alessandro Guarducci. Below is the form as a contribution requested and sent to the editorial staff of LivornoToday.
Alessandro Guarducci, mayoral candidate in the Livorno 2024 municipal elections: the ballot
First name: Alexander
Surname: Guarducci
Place and date of birth: Prato, 17.04.1960
Linked Lists: Forza Italia, Lega, Fratelli d’Italia, Guarducci mayor
The curriculum
A professional journalist since 1997, Guarducci began collaborating with some local radio stations in 1981, editing sports information columns. In the mid-80s he became a collaborator at Corriere dello Sport/Stadio while the first call to the Tirreno came in 1989 and two years later he was hired in the Prato editorial team. In 1998 he was transferred to Livorno where he initially dealt with crime and judicial news. In 2006 he became deputy head of Livorno news and in June 2014 chief reporter. In 2019 Guarducci took over the management of the news of Cecina and Rosignano and in 2021 he also became responsible for the editorial staff of Piombino-Isola d’Elba. Finally, in January 2022 he was appointed central editor, a position he held until his retirement.
What he says about himself
Born in 1960 in Prato but Livorno by adoption, I come from a working class family whose rights and dignity I strongly claim. A merchant mother and a foundry worker father have always conveyed to me and my brothers the sense of duty and respect for the rules but also the importance of committing to grow and achieve one’s goals. Thanks go to my parents for having taken it upon themselves, with great sacrifices, to offer their children a better future.
This is why after high school I decided to enroll in law school. Having arrived one step away from the end of my university studies, I receive an offer that I cannot refuse: to collaborate as a correspondent for the Corriere dello Sport. This job brought together my great lifelong passions, sport and journalism. After a few months of trying to do both, I was completely sucked into the world of printed paper which took me to Livorno in 1998.
It was love at first sight and I immediately understood that I couldn’t live anywhere else. Livorno gave me love, family and a very satisfying professional career and it is here that I decided to raise my two daughters and live. Today, at 64 years old and after a career that has allowed me to get to know the local fabric in all its nuances, the need to get involved for our city and to give my contribution to improving what is wrong has become clear to me. . It’s the right time to enter the field and apply. Being outside the political dynamics that have penalized this land for years allows me to have the right detachment and vision needed for a decisive change of pace.
