Giuseppe Paolini

Giuseppe Paolini (born 15 May 1954) is an Italian politician who served as president of the Province of Pesaro and Urbino from 2018 to 2026.

Life and career Paolini was born in Isola del Piano, in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, in 1954. In 1977 he became a founding member of the cooperative Alce Nero, together with , one of the pioneers of organic farming in Italy.

He began his political career in 1995, when he was elected for the first time as a municipal councillor of Isola del Piano as part of a centre-left coalition.

Paolini joined the Provincial Council of Pesaro and Urbino from 2017 to 2018. In the 2018 provincial presidential election, held on 31 October, he became president of the province, receiving 32,796 weighted votes. In February 2022, he was elected president of UPI Marche. Paolini was re-elected for a second term as president of the province on 18 December 2022. He served until his resignation in May 2026, leaving office to the vice president Laura Giombini.