Within the mayoral runoff election on Sunday and Monday, the German from Freiburg, who was supported by centre-right events, was defeated by the social democratic candidate Sara Funaro, who gained by a transparent margin with 60.6 p.c of the vote.
The 48-year-old psychologist and former metropolis councilor is the primary lady within the historical past of Florence to imagine the workplace of mayor. She devoted her victory to her grandfather Piero Bargellini, mayor of Florence in 1966, when an enormous tsunami destroyed the town middle.
Schmidt, who was naturalized in Italy final November, was supported by, amongst others, the post-fascist occasion “Fratelli d’Italia” (Brothers of Italy – FdI) of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her coalition companions.
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The 56-year-old was director of the world-famous Uffizi artwork museum in Florence till final 12 months. After shedding the mayoral runoff election, Schmidt will return to his job as a cultural supervisor. He’s presently director of the famend Capodimonte Museum in Naples.
He was truly presupposed to turn into Common Director of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna in 2017. However when the potential of extending his time period as Uffizi Director grew to become obvious, Schmidt canceled the job in Vienna at quick discover.