Cannella Pietro

Pietro Cannella was born on 24 June 1965 in Palermo. A professional journalist since 1999, he graduated in Communication and Multimedia with a dissertation entitled ‘Digital educational poverty: causes, consequences and strategies for an inclusive education’. He has worked as a journalist for both print newspapers (‘La Sicilia’ and ‘Il Secolo d’Italia’) and online publications. Alongside his work as a staff editor, specialising in politics and culture, he has served as press officer for the Lombardy Region and as a communications adviser to the Regional Presidency.
He has managed press relations and planned promotional campaigns for exhibitions, initiatives linked to the Mediterranean Bio Cluster and international events, including the Second World Conference on the Mediterranean Diet.

An honorary member of the Sicilian Academy of Humanistic Culture, he is the author of three books: the essay on European conservative thought Rivoluzione Blu (Edizioni Koinè), the action novel Force 45. Scacco al Califfo (Poggiali Editore) and the geopolitical essay L’Italia non gioca a Risiko (Giubilei e Regnani Editore).
Alongside his journalistic career, he has pursued a long political career that began in right-wing youth organisations. In 1996, he was responsible for the content of the first political party website in Italy, that of Alleanza Nazionale. He served as national president of AN’s university students’ youth organisation. From 2001 to 2006, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies, where he served on the Culture and Defence Committees.
He also served as Councillor for School Buildings for the Regional Province of Palermo. In 2007, he was appointed Deputy Mayor of Palermo.
In 2011, he returned to the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the People of Freedom party, taking over from Nicola Cristaldi, who had been elected mayor of Mazara del Vallo. In 2013, he was one of the founders of Fratelli d’Italia. From July 2022 until taking up the post of Under-Secretary of State for Culture
he served as Deputy Mayor of Palermo and Councillor responsible for Cultural Activities.