Sandro Ruotolo

Alessandro Ruotolo is an Italian journalist and politician. He was elected to the Senate of the Republic in a by-election in 2020 as an independent politician of the centre-left coalition.

Political career

In November 2019, Five Star Movement Senator Franco Ortolani died from cancer. A by-election was held in the Naples district in February 2020, in which Ruotolo stood as an independent candidate with support from the centre-left coalition. Ruotolo was elected with 48% of the votes.
Ruotolo has written about the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.