Simeone Di Cagno Abbrescia

Simeone Di Cagno Abbrescia (1 April 1944 – 29 March 2024) was an Italian politician who served as mayor of Bari.

Biography
Simeone Di Cagno Abbrescia was born on 1 April 1944. He graduated in Law at the University of Bari and, as an entrepreneur, worked in the real estate and tourism sectors.

Di Cagno Abbrescia joined Forza Italia at its foundation. He has been elected mayor of Bari in 1995, and was reconfirmed in 1999, holding the position until 2004. After the 2006 elections, he was elected for the Chamber of Deputies with Forza Italia, where he was reconfirmed in the 2008 elections with The People of Freedom.

In 2009 he was again the mayoral candidate of Bari, supported by the centre-right coalition, being defeated by the incumbent mayor Michele Emiliano.

On 20 March 2018, the Apulian Regional Council renewed the board of Apulian Aqueduct, appointing Di Cagno Abbrescia as new president.

Di Cagno Abbrescia died in Bari on 29 March 2024, three days before his 80th birthday.