Claudio Burlando (born 27 April 1954, in Genoa) is an Italian politician, and was President of Liguria, until 31 March 2015.

After graduating with a degree in electronic engineering, in the eighties he worked as a researcher for the company Elsag-Bailey.

In 1996 he was elected Member of the PDS and in the same year, appointed by Romano Prodi as Minister of Transport and Navigation.

Two years after, Massimo D'Alema appointed him a member of the budget committee of the Chamber of Deputies.

On 14 October 2007 he was elected to the Constituent National Democratic Party, a political project in which he personally participated since its first design[1] and was a member of the committee that drafted the Manifesto of Values.