Aboubakar Soumahoro
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Aboubakar Soumahoro | |
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 Soumahoro in 2022 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 13 October 2022 | |
| Constituency | Emilia-Romagna |
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| Born | 6 June 1980 Bétroulilié Lakota, Ivory Coast |
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| University of Naples Federico II | |
| Occupation | Trade unionist |
Aboubakar Soumahoro (born 6 June 1980) is an Ivorian-born[1] Italian politician, trade unionist and activist who is serving as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Emilia-Romagna constituency since 2022.[2]
He is known for his advocacy regarding labor rights of migrant farmers in Italy.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Aboubakar Soumahoro was born in 1980 in Bétroulilié, Ivory Coast.[4] He came to Italy in 1999, at the age of 19.[5] He graduated from the University of Naples Federico II in 2010 with a degree in Sociology, earning a score of 110/110 with his thesis, titled “Social Analysis of the Labor Market: The Condition of Migrant Workers in the Italian Labor Market—Persistence and Changes”.[5]
Career
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Trade unionist
[edit]Political career
[edit]Member of the Chamber of Deputies
[edit]In the general elections of 2022, Green Europe offers Soumahoro the candidacy as an independent in the Chamber of Deputies in the context of the Greens and Left Alliance list.[6] Soumahoro is a candidate in the single-member constituency of Modena for the centre-left, obtaining 36.01% and being unexpectedly defeated by the centre-right candidate Daniela Dondi (37.44%).[7] Thanks to further candidacies as leaders of Greens and Lef Alliance in the multi-nominal constituencies Veneto 1 - 01, Apulia 02, Lombardy 1 - 01, Emilia Romagna 02, he was elected in the last three and was assigned, according to the electoral law, to the latter.
Following administrative irregularities that have occurred[8] in the cooperatives managed by his mother-in-law and his partner and the launch of judicial investigations by the Latina Public Prosecutor's Office,[9] on 24 November 2022 Soumahoro decided to suspend himself from the parliamentary group of the Greens and Left Alliance, in order to clarify his position, reaffirming his extraneousness to the whole affair.[10]
On 9 January 2023 Soumahoro left the Green-Left Alliance, citing lack of solidarity and unwillingness to politically help him during the investigation.[11]
Electoral history
[edit]| Constituency | Party | Electoral list | Votes | Result | Ref | ||
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| Emilia-Romagna | Independent | AVS | Elected via Proportional list |  Elected
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Bibliography
[edit]- Aboubakar Soumahoro (2019). Feltrinelli (ed.). Umanità in rivolta: La nostra lotta per il lavoro e il diritto alla felicità [Humanity in Revolt: Our Fight for Work and the Right to Happiness]. ISBN 88-071-7355-7.
References
[edit]- ^ "Italy's unlikely pop leftist". POLITICO. 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- ^ "Aboubakar Soumahoro, the Ivorian trade unionist shaking up Italy". The Africa Report.com. 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ Poggioli, Sylvia (5 August 2020). "In Italy, A Migrants' Advocate Fights For The 'Invisibles'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- ^ "Sciopero della fame fuori Villa Pamphili: chi sono e cosa chiedono i braccianti incatenati". Money.it (in Italian). 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
- ^ a b Stefanovichj, Silvia (27 July 2010). "A colloquio con Aboubakar Soumahoro, responsabile immigrazione nazionale RdB-USB" (PDF).
- ^ "Ilaria Cucchi e Aboubakar Soumahoro candidati con Sinistra Italiana e Verdi". Open (in Italian). 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
- ^ "Sinistra sconfitta a Modena e Ravenna, fuori Soumahoro e Bakkali". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
- ^ "Soumahoro: Le multe alle cooperative sono di quasi mezzo milione".
- ^ "Aboubakar Soumahoro, indagata la suocera per malversazione. Ispettori del ministero nelle coop di Sezze e Latina". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
- ^ Rainews, Redazione di (2022-11-24). "Aboubakar Soumahoro si è autosospeso dal gruppo di Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra". RaiNews (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-12-12.
- ^ "Soumahoro, addio a Fratoianni e Bonelli: «Stupito per assenza di solidarietà». La sua verità sui soldi delle coop: «Accanimento contro di me perché faccio paura»". 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Elezioni politiche 2022 – Camera dei deputati". elezioni.interno.gov.it (in Italian). Italian Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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