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Giorgio Orsoni

Mayor of Venice, Italy, in 2010–2014

Summary

Mayor of Venice, Italy, in 2010–2014

Field	Value
name	Giorgio Orsoni
image	Giorgio Orsoni.jpg
order	Mayor of Venice
term_start	8 April 2010
term_end	13 June 2014
predecessor	Massimo Cacciari
successor	Luigi Brugnaro
birth_date
birth_place	Venice, Italy
nationality	Italian
party	Democratic Party

|}} Giorgio Orsoni (born 29 August 1946) is an Italian lawyer, politician and a former mayor of Venice.

Biography

Orsoni has been a lawyer by profession since 1972 and is Professor of administrative law at the University Ca 'Foscari of Venice. He has also been chairman of the Bar of Venice and president of the Union of Councils Triveneta Order.

From 1997 to 2003, he was the president of SAVE Engineering SpA Engineering Company Marco Polo Airport in Venice. From 2000 to 2003 was also a director of the Venice Biennale.

In the elections of 2010, he was elected mayor of Venice at the head of a coalition of center-left in the first round defeating Minister Renato Brunetta, the candidate of the center-right. According to The Times, Brunetta had been strongly favored to win the election.

Controversies

Orsoni was placed under house arrest on 4 June 2014 on accusations of alleged violation of the law on Parties' financing. After confessing and reaching a plea deal with prosecutors Orsoni was allowed to end house arrest.

References

"The Art Newspaper".
(September 2024)
(4 June 2014). "Mose, inchiesta sugli appalti: Arrestato il sindaco di Venezia. Chiesta custodia cautelare per Galan".
"Venice is Sinking Under a Tidal Wave of Corruption".

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