The centre left Democratic Party
(PD)'s Sara Funaro said Monday she was thrilled to be the first
woman mayor of Florence.
"I'm a bit excited, I say that sincerely," said the new mayor,
who beat former Uffizi director and centre right candidate Eike
Schmidt by about 60% to 40% in the weekend's run-off.
"I feel the very great emotion of all these months, of being the
first female first citizen of Florence.
"It has been a very long and very beautiful marathon," said
Funaro, who succeeds party colleague Dario Nardella, a long-time
mayor of the Tuscan capital.
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