And the new mayor of Florence and the first woman to hold this role Sara Funaro. The post-Nardella period therefore begins. Funaro has a large advantage over his opponent Eike Schmidt. The current welfare councilor of the municipality was chosen without going through the primaries, but with the support of the secretary Elly Schlein and the governor Eugenio Giani.
Here are his first words after the election. «I’m a little excited, I say it sincerely. I feel the great emotion of all these months, of being the first citizen of Florence. It was a very long and beautiful marathon. I dedicate this victory to my grandfather, the mayor Piero Bargellini remembering the words he said to me: ‘I have made so many declarations of love to Florence that all I have to do is marry her’here I would like to tell grandfather Piero that Today I married Florence», he said inside the electoral committee where there is a festive atmosphere with the chants of ‘mayor, mayor’.
Florence elections, live balloting: Sara Funaro (csx) in the lead with 60%. Nardella: «she will be a great mayor»
Sara Funaro, who is she?
Sara Funaro, 47 years old, was born in Florence. Graduated in psychology in Florence, she specialized in psychotherapy with a four-year course in clinical psychology. Funaro completed a specialization course in phenomenological psychotherapy at the University of Urbino and attended a master’s degree in ethnopsychiatry with teachers from the Center Devereux in Paris. Over the years you have worked as a clinical psychotherapist, as a staff trainer and as a supervisor of organizations working with people coming from traumatic situations, in particular migratory situations. For Funaro, one of the priorities has always been attention to social issues: she started volunteering as a teenager with disabled girls and boys, and continued to work as an operator with minors, in mental health and in addictions. Her journey also included an experience in Brazil, in Salvador Bahia, where the new mayor worked with street children and in psychiatric communities. The family is one of those known in Florence: the maternal grandfather is Piero Bargellini, the “mayor of the flood”. The reference is to the calamity that struck Florence in 1966 and which consecrated the “mud angels”, the young people who also arrived from abroad to help the population and recover works of art and goods that would otherwise have been lost. Her father Renzo Funaro (Jewish like her), in addition to his profession as an architect, served for a long time in the PSI.
Political career
The official debut in the world of local politics took place with Matteo Renzi. The first candidacy, in 2009, missed the election, but he did it again the next time. After the former prime minister’s farewell to the Democratic Party, she chooses to remain with the Dems, but without ever overreaching in criticizing the founder of Italia viva.
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