A member of the
Democratic Party (PD), he started his political activity in the
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) and he was active in the
city council of
Florence, of which he became president in 2009. He became a member of the PD the same year. In the
2015 Tuscan regional election, Giani obtained 10,505 personal preferences in the city of
Florence; on 25 June 2015, he was elected president of the
Regional Council of Tuscany.
President of Tuscany As part of the
centre-left coalition, Giani was elected the
region's president in the
2020 Tuscan regional election, defeating 48% to 40% the
League candidate
Susanna Ceccardi, who represented the
centre-right coalition. Giani became the oldest president-elect at the age of 61, and was officially sworn in as president on 8 October 2020. He was the centre-left coalition candidate in the
2025 Tuscan regional election, where he was re-elected to a second term. == References ==