Luca Menesini

Luca Menesini
Menesini in 2020
President of the Province of Lucca
In office
21 September 2015 – 30 September 2024
Preceded byStefano Baccelli
Succeeded byMarcello Pierucci
Mayor of Capannori
In office
27 May 2014 – 25 June 2024
Preceded byGiorgio Del Ghingaro
Succeeded byGiordano Del Chiaro
Personal details
Born (1973-04-01) 1 April 1973 (age 53)
Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
PartyDemocratic Party
OccupationBusiness manager

Luca Menesini (born 1 April 1973) is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party. He served as mayor of Capannori from 2014 to 2024 and as president of the Province of Lucca from 2015 to 2024.

Career

Menesini was elected mayor of Capannori in the 2014 local elections, winning in the first round with 57.22% of the vote as the candidate of a centre-left coalition comprising the Democratic Party, Us Moderates and Left Ecology Freedom.

In September 2015, Menesini was elected president of the Province of Lucca, defeating Michele Giannini, the centre-right candidate and mayor of Fabbriche di Vergemoli, with 64% of the weighted vote.

He was re-elected mayor of Capannori in 2019 with 56.65% of the vote. In December 2019, he was re-elected president of the province, defeating Alberto Stefano Giovannetti, the mayor of Pietrasanta, with 55,685 weighted votes (72%).

Since January 2020, Menesini has been a member of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), representing Italy as a member of the Party of European Socialists (PES) group. He has served on the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER) and the Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy (ENVE). In February 2025, he was elected president of the PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions. In 2026, he served as CoR rapporteur on the proposed performance framework regulation for the Multiannual Financial Framework 2028–2034.

References

  1. 1 2 "Menesini Luca". Anagrafe degli amministratori locali e regionali. Ministero dell'interno. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  2. ↑ "Preferenze, a Capannori gli ex assessori fanno il pieno". Il Tirreno. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  3. ↑ "Menesini presidente con il 64% dei voti Ma Giannini sorride". Il Tirreno. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "Elezioni Comunali 2019 — Capannori". Il Fatto Quotidiano. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "Andrea Carrari il più votato: chi sono i consiglieri eletti". Il Tirreno. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  6. ↑ "Elezioni provincia di Lucca 2019, Luca Menesini confermato presidente". gonews.it. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Luca Menesini". European Committee of the Regions. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "Menesini leader dei Socialisti per le Regioni Ue: "La casa sia priorità"". ANSA. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "Interview with Luca Menesini – CoR rapporteur on the performance framework regulation 2028-34". European Committee of the Regions. 12 February 2026. Retrieved 28 September 2026.