An experiment for many that could be exported nationally. We are talking about Stefania Proietti’s victory in the Umbria regional elections. Pd is a civilian candidacy without party affiliation, which managed to garner the support of M5S, Alleanza Verdi Sinistra and the lists “Umbria Tomorrow”, “Civics Umbria”, “Umbria for Health” and “Umbria’s future”. Representatives of Azione and Italia Viva were also there. So who is the new governor of the Umbrian Region and how did he manage to recreate that “vast area” that still remains a chimera on a national scale?
From Assisi to Perugia: Who is Stefania Proietti?
Stefania Proietti is 49 years old and was born in Assisi in 1975. Born and raised in the city of Umbria, he has been active in research and university teaching for over twenty years. He has a degree in mechanical engineering and a doctorate in industrial engineering. He taught at the University of Perugia from 2007 to 2015. His research has always focused on climate change and sustainability issues, and he has been a speaker at many international conferences on the subject.
He was also a delegate to the Italian episcopal conference on environmental issues and has been a member of the IPCC, the intergovernmental group on climate change, since 2010. He also carried out tasks related to strategic planning and management control at Pirelli.
He became mayor of Assisi in 2016 with the support of the Democratic Party and two civilian lists. With the support of the M5s, he will be re-elected for a second term in 2021. In the same year, he also became president of the Perugia province.
Proietti, who has been married since 2005, is the mother of two children. He describes himself as a pacifist and Catholic, and his election campaign focused largely on the issue of health and lost rights in this area. It is no coincidence that a few days before the vote, the new governor organized a demonstration in front of the Città di Castello hospital “to express solidarity with the health and care staff working in difficult conditions in a facility where it is raining in some areas.” “The equipment in the departments, like the salaries of medical personnel, are not suitable for the tasks they do every day,” he said.
During the interview he also attacked the Umbrian centre-right, accusing them of “destroying the Umbrian health service in favor of private individuals”, while also hoping to “bring the regional health service back to the criteria of the best national health service”. The goal of restarting public health, which the centre-left has been insisting on for some time and which may face one of the first tests of reality in Umbria.
Source: Today IT
Emma Fitzgerald is an accomplished political journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in political science and international relations, she has a deep understanding of the political landscape and the forces that shape it.
