Francesca Barracciu
Italian politician
Francesca Barracciu (born 11 June 1966) is an Italian politician. She was the mayor of Sorgono from 2005 to 2010, and was the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism in the Renzi Cabinet from 2014 to 2015. From 2012 to 2014, she was also a member of the European Parliament (MEP).
Early life and career
Born in Sorgono, Barracciu graduated in philosophy and pedagogy. She was a teacher of literary and Latin subjects at high schools, as well as a consultant for cultural activities at public and private institutions.
Politics
Barracciu entered politics in the 1980s, militating in the Italian Communist Party (PCI). In the 1990s, she joined the PCI's legal successors parties, the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and then the Democrats of the Left (DS). A member of the Democratic Party (PD) since its foundation in 2007, she was regional secretary of Sardinian PD from July to December 2008. She has been assessor and municipal councilor of the municipality of Sorgono, as mayor of the same municipality from 2005 to 2010 (elected with 100% as the only candidate); she also was Regional Councilor of Sardinia from 2004 to 2013. In 2009, Barracciu ran for the European Parliament in the ranks of the PD in the Italian Islands constituency and obtained 116,844 preferences, making her the first of the non-elected, and then taking over from Rosario Crocetta on 17 December 2012, after his resignation for the election as president of Sicily.
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