Francesco Rucco

Francesco Rucco
Member of the Regional Council of Veneto
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 December 2025
ConstituencyVicenza
President of the Province of Vicenza
In office
29 October 2018 – 29 January 2023
Preceded byAchille Variati
Succeeded byAndrea Nardin
Mayor of Vicenza
In office
13 June 2018 – 29 May 2023
Preceded byAchille Variati
Succeeded byGiacomo Possamai
Personal details
Born (1974-06-28) 28 June 1974 (age 52)
Lecce, Apulia, Italy
PartyIndependent politician
Brothers of Italy
Spouse
Ilaria
​
(m. 2005)​
Children2
EducationUniversity of Parma
Occupationlawyer

Francesco Rucco (born 28 June 1974) is an Italian politician and lawyer.

He has served as Mayor of Vicenza from 2018 to 2023. He was also elected president of the Province of Vicenza since 2018. He was first city councilor and then group leader of the National Alliance until his confluence with the People of Freedom. He elected to the city council for the first time in 2003. He carried out his professional practice in a law firm in Vicenza from 1999 to 2001. He was president of district 4 Postumia, the area of Vicenza between 2000 and 2003.

In the 2025 Venetian regional election, Rucco was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in the Vicenza constituency as a candidate of Brothers of Italy, receiving 9,356 preference votes.

Biography

Francesco Rucco was born in Lecce, Italy on 1974. He is married to Ilaria and has two daughters. He studied in University of Parma.

References

  1. ↑ "Francesco Rucco" (in Italian). studiocontin.it. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Decreto Sicurezza, Rucco sta con Salvini: "I sindaci contrari sono strumentalizzati" "Decreto Sicurezza, Rucco sta con Salvini: "I sindaci contrari sono strumentalizzati""" (in Italian). vicenzatoday.it. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Multiutility Veneto, vertice tra sindaci per avviare la grande alleanza con A2A" (in Italian). ilsole24ore.com. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Amministrazione comunale Vicenza" (in Italian). tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Francesco Rucco" (in Italian). comune.vicenza.it. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "FRANCESCO RUCCO" (in Italian). ilgazzettino.it. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Il j'accuse a Rucco dell'ex assessore" (in Italian). vicenzareport.it. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Francesco RUCCO". Consiglio regionale del Veneto (in Italian). 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "PROMOZIONE LR VICENZA – Il sindaco Rucco festeggia e annuncia lavori al Menti" (in Italian). sportvicentino.it. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.