(1947-08-01) 1 August 1947 (age 76) Palermo, Italy
Political party
DC (before 1991) LR (1991–1999) Dem (1999–2002) DL (2002–2005) IdV (2005–2012) LR 2018 (2012–2018) PD (2018–2024)
Alma mater
University of Palermo
Leoluca Orlando (born 1 August 1947), is an Italian politician]. He was mayor of Palermo for over twenty years and was president of the Italian Federation of American Football (FIDAF).[1] He is best known for his strong opposition to the Sicilian Mafia during his mayoralty in the 1980s, which was publicly referenced in the media as the Palermo Spring (Italian: Primavera di Palermo).[2]
^"Sindaci e commissari dal 1861 a oggi". Comune di Palermo. 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
^Gundle, Stephen; Parker, Simon (1995). The New Italian Republic: From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to Berlusconi. Routledge. p. 179. ISBN 978-0415121620.
LeolucaOrlando (born 1 August 1947), is an Italian politician]. He was mayor of Palermo for over twenty years and was president of the Italian Federation...
Union and Rino Piscitello and Franco Danieli of The Network, led by LeolucaOrlando (a future IdV member). In February 1999, Di Pietro integrated IdV into...
Council; LeolucaOrlando held a meeting to defend Messina and accused the city councilors of collusion with the mafia: for that event Orlando was condemned...
Shelley and Nici". TV Guide. Retrieved December 24, 2022. "LeolucaOrlando". LeolucaOrlando (in Italian). Retrieved December 24, 2022. Chan, Delle (February...
(Italian: La Rete 2018) was a centre-left political party in Italy led by LeolucaOrlando, former leading member of Christian Democracy in Sicily, founder of...
appeal were Franco Battiato, Fiorella Mannoia, Luigi de Magistris, LeolucaOrlando, Milly Moratti, Massimiliano Bruno, Max Paiella, Sabina Guzzanti, Vauro...
The Convention came into force on 29 September 2003. According to LeolucaOrlando, Mayor of Palermo, the convention was the first international convention...
1986, he married his fiancée, Francesca Morvillo; Falcone had Mayor LeolucaOrlando himself conduct the private ceremony. He became part of Palermo's informal...
Palermo. They were married in a private ceremony in May 1986 by Mayor LeolucaOrlando. Giovanni Brusca was tasked with killing her husband Giovanni Falcone...
July 2019, in compliance of Article 52 of N.O.I.F., Mayor of Palermo LeolucaOrlando confirmed six declarations of interests had been presented for a new...
political figures in the region. In 1985, he helped the young lawyer LeolucaOrlando, who had worked alongside his brother Piersanti during his governorship...
Lebanon. In 2017 he was made an honorary citizen of Palermo by mayor LeolucaOrlando. In 2019 he won an Amnesty International UK Media Award for his project...
It attributed the turnaround to Mattarella's murder. According to LeolucaOrlando, former mayor of Palermo for the DC and Antimafia activist, who had...
Griffiths, English actor (d. 2013) August 1 Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet LeolucaOrlando, Italian politician August 4 – Hubert Ingraham, Bahamian politician...
Guglielmo Gulotta Mario Ielpo Domenico Lanza Angelo Oliviero Olivetti LeolucaOrlando Carlo Palermo Giuseppe Palmisano Luca Pancalli Giuseppe Paratore Alfonso...
of Luigi Ciotti's Libera association. In 1992, dalla Chiesa joined LeolucaOrlando's new-born left-wing party The Network, for which he was elected at...
democracy Ottaviano Del Turco The Network (LR) Anti-corruption politics LeolucaOrlando Democratic Alliance (AD) Social liberalism Willer Bordon Social Christians...
Mattarellas who used to be responsive to Mafia interests. According to LeolucaOrlando – former mayor of Palermo for the DC and Antimafia activist, who had...
Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino killed. 1993 – Pino Puglisi killed. LeolucaOrlando becomes mayor. 2001 – Diego Cammarata becomes mayor. 2006 – Paolo Romeo...
three competitors: Salvatore Cuffaro, House of Freedoms candidate; LeolucaOrlando, candidate of The Olive Tree and former mayor of Palermo; and Sergio...
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