Martellotta was born on 19 November 1941 in
Fasano. A member of the
Christian Democrats, he was a candidate in the
regional elections of 1980 and subsequently in those of
1985 and
1990 in the
Brindisi constituency where he obtained 25,107 votes, being elected to the position of councilor; He became
president of Apulia in 1994, supported by a center-left coalition, and remained so until the
1995 elections. Martellotta died in Fasano on 28 June 2025, at the age of 83. == References ==