In March 2023, he resigned after the city council passed a motion of no confidence but was re-elected in May 2023.
Born in La Spezia,[1][2] Persiani was raised in Verona and became a lawyer graduating at University of Florence.
[4] In 2018, Persiani ran for mayor of Massa, supported by the centre-right coalition formed by Lega, Forza Italia, and Brothers of Italy.
[2][5] After finishing second in the first round with 28.18% of the votes,[6][7] he won in the runoff on 24 June 2018 with 56.62% of the votes, defeating the centre-left coalition outgoing mayor Alessandro Volpi,[8] and becoming the first right-wing mayor of Massa in the history of the Italian Republic and the first centre-right coalition candidate since the introduction of direct elections.
[15] Having run again with the support of the centre-right coalition except for Brothers of Italy,[4] this time finishing first in the first round with 35.42% of the votes,[16] he was re-elected as mayor of Massa in the second round with 54.36%, beating his centre-left coalition challenger Enzo Ricci.