Ilaria Bugetti

Ilaria Bugetti (born 9 November 1973) is an Italian politician who served as a member of the Regional Council of Tuscany (2015–2024) and mayor of Prato (2024–2025).^[2]

Ilaria Bugetti
Mayor of Cantagallo
In office 14 June 2004 – 26 May 2014
Preceded by	Riccardo Turchi
Succeeded by	Guglielmo Bongiorno
Member of the Regional Council of Tuscany
In office 17 June 2015 – 25 June 2024
Mayor of Prato
In office 13 June 2024 – 11 July 2025
Preceded by	Matteo Biffoni
Personal details
Born	(1973-11-09) 9 November 1973 (age 51) Prato, Italy[1]
Political party	Democrats of the Left Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Florence

Life and career

Bugetti graduated in political sciences from the Cesare Alfieri Institute of the University of Florence. She joined the Democrats of the Left at its founding, being elected in 1999 as a municipal councilor of Cantagallo, a municipality of which she later served as mayor from 2004 to 2014.^[2]

In 2010, she was elected secretary of the Prato provincial section of the Democratic Party, a role she held until the end of 2013.^[2]

In the 2015 Tuscan regional election, Bugetti was elected as a member of the Regional Council of Tuscany with the Democratic Party, and was subsequently re-elected in the 2020 election.^[1][2]

In 2024, Bugetti became the official candidate of the center-left coalition for the position of mayor of Prato, supported by the Democratic Party, the Five Star Movement, Green and Left Alliance, and More Europe, as well as other civic lists. She won at the first round with 52.22% of the votes.^[3] On 13 June 2024, she was sworn in as mayor of Prato; she is the first woman to hold this position.^[4]

On 20 June 2025, following investigations into her for corruption by the Florence Public Prosecutor's Office, Bugetti announced her intention to resign from the office of mayor.^[5][6][7]