Alessandro Antichi


Alessandro Antichi is an Italian politician and lawyer.

Biography

Graduated at the University of Siena in 1982, he opened his own law firm in the city of Grosseto in 1985. He joined the centre-right party Forza Italia in 1995 and was elected Mayor of Grosseto on 28 April 1997. Antichi was the first centre-right politician to be elected mayor of the city.
He was re-elected for a second term on 14 May 2001. Antichi resigned three years later in order to run for the office of President of Tuscany at the 2005 Tuscan regional election, but he was ultimately defeated by the centre-left candidate Claudio Martini.
He served as member of the Regional Council of Tuscany from 2005 to 2009.
He ran for the office of President of the Province of Grosseto at the 2009 elections, but lost to Leonardo Marras.