Luciano D'Alfonso

Luciano D'Alfonso
Member of the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 March 2018
President of Abruzzo
In office 10 June 2014 – 10 August 2018
Preceded by	Giovanni Chiodi
Succeeded by	Giovanni Lolli (ad interim) Marco Marsilio
Mayor of Pescara
In office 9 June 2003 – 5 January 2009
Preceded by	Carlo Pace
Succeeded by	Luigi Albore Mascia
Personal details
Born	(1965-12-13) 13 December 1965 Lettomanoppello, Italy
Political party	DC (till 1994) PPI (1994–2002) DL (2002–2007) PD (since 2007)
Occupation	Politician

Luciano D'Alfonso (born 13 December 1965) is an Italian politician. He was the mayor of Pescara from 2003–2009. He has served as the president of Abruzzo since 2014.

Biography

D'Alfonso graduated in Political Sciences at the University of Teramo and in Philosophy at the D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara.

In 1995, he was elected president of the Province of Pescara, supported by the centre-left coalition of The Olive Tree.

In June 2003, D'Alfonso was elected Mayor of Pescara and was re-confirmed in 2008, though he left the office in January 2009 due to an investigation in which he was involved.

In May 2014, D'Alfonso was elected President of Abruzzo, supported by the Democratic Party, defeating the incumbent governor Giovanni Chiodi. After the 2018 general election, D'Alfonso was elected to the Senate: in August 2018, D'Alfonso resigned from his gubernatorial seat.