Giusi Nicolini (born Giuseppina Maria Nicolini, 5 March 1961) is an Italian politician, former mayor of Lampedusa e Linosa.
[1] A member of the Legambiente environmentalist association, after having been Deputy Mayor and Councilor for the Environment of Lampedusa e Linosa from 1983 to 1988, Nicolini is elected mayor at the 2012 Italian local elections.
[2] After the 2013 Lampedusa migrant shipwreck, in which more than 300 migrants have drowned, Nicolini asked to the European Union to realize a new European law on sanctuary and immigration rules.
[3] Due to her several efforts in order to promote integration and solidarity,[4] Nicolini has been awarded with the UNESCO Award for Peace in 2017.
[5] She was unsuccessful in her re-election mayoralty bid at the 2017 Italian local elections.