Francesco Persiani

Francesco Persiani is an Italian politician and lawyer who currently serves as the Mayor of Massa. Born in La Spezia in 1965, he moved to Massa in 1988 and established a career as a criminal defense attorney, eventually becoming the president of the penal chamber of the Massa-Carrara province in 2016. He was first elected mayor in 2018 as the candidate of a center-right coalition, becoming the first center-right mayor in the city's history. After a brief interruption in his mandate in 2023 due to a no-confidence vote, he was re-elected to the office later that same year.