The candidate Gianna Pentenero, born Giovanna, is a political veteran. Born in 1964, 59 years old, at 29 she was elected mayor of her town, Casalborgone, in the province of Turin, which she administers for three consecutive terms: from 1993 to 2004. It is there, where he still lives with his partner, a retired professor and his dog Ariel, that he will spend the hours waiting for the vote, in the company of the old council and the very loyal former deputy mayor of Casalborgone, Lino Bongioanni.
In 2005, at the age of 40, he arrived in the Region as Councilor for Education and Training. The first and last female president of the Piedmont Region called her: Mercedes Bresso. It is she, whom the candidate often thanks, who is her political godmother, together with the former treasurer of the Margherita: Renato Cambursano. Once the legislature was over, Pentenero faced the polls for the first time and was elected, with 6,422 preferences, regional councilor in the Turin district. The road in the Region continues with Sergio Chiamparino as president, becoming Councilor for Education again in 2014. Delegation then replaced with that to Production Activities and Professional Trainingthanks to which he brought home his best-known operation: the cooperative Workers Buyot of the Pirinoli paper mill in Roccavione, in the province of Cuneo, “saved” by the workers.
Close to the trade unions and the world of entrepreneurship, Pentero is an educator by profession in some Piedmontese cooperatives. A job that she takes up again, not being re-nominated in the Region after 2019, until in 2021 the mayor Stefano Lo Russo offers her the opportunity of Palazzo di Città, appointing her councilor for Labor and Local Police.
Almost teetotal, Pentenero tends to prefer “essays to novels” and bright colours. Yes he is inspired by Cavour, his favorite Turin player, and sympathizes with Juventus. He prefers basketball to football. She is an only child and has no children. To relax she goes to the mountains and cooks. In the last round of the Pd currents, he supported Cuperlo before choosing Elly Schlein, her tablemate at the last Unity party. On June 8, 2024, on the first day of voting you will be 60 years old and 31 in local politics.
