Vito Santarsiero

Vito Santarsiero
Santarsiero in 2015
President of the Regional Council of Basilicata
In office
9 April 2018  6 May 2019
Preceded byFrancesco Mollica
Succeeded byCarmine Cicala
Mayor of Potenza
In office
14 June 2004  23 June 2014
Preceded byGaetano Fierro
Succeeded byDario De Luca
President of the province of Potenza
In office
14 June 1999  14 June 2004
Preceded byDomenico Salvatore
Succeeded bySabino Altobello
Personal details
Born
Vito Santarsiero

(1955-03-02) 2 March 1955
Potenza, Italy
Political partyDC (till 1994)
PPI (1994–2002)
DL (2002–2007)
PD (since 2007)
SpouseAnna Elisa Palese
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Naples Federico II
ProfessionEngineer

Vito Santarsiero (born 2 March 1955) is an Italian politician. Santarsiero began his political career as a member of Christian Democracy (DC). He joined the Italian People's Party (PPI) in 1994 and then Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL) in 2002. In 2007, he was a founding member of the Democratic Party (PD).

Santarsiero was president of the province of Potenza from 1990 to 2004, mayor of Potenza for two terms from 2004 to 2014, and president of the Regional Council of Basilicata from April 2018 to May 2019.