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Most voted councillor in Verona is second-generation migrant

Togolese-Italian Veronica Atitsogbe, 28,will chair council meets

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 27 - The council candidate who won the most votes in Verona's municipal elections on Sunday is a second-generation immigrant from Togo, 28-year-old Veronica Atitsogbe.
    Born in Verona from Togolese parents, a political science graduate, she works in a bank and is among the founders of the Afroveronesi community relations association.
    It will be her honour to chair the first council meeting under new centre-left mayor Damiano Tommasi, a former Hellas Verona and Italy midfielder who won the scudetto with AS Roma in 2001.
    (ANSA).
   

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