There was nothing but talk about him the day, yesterday, when he became president Eugenio Giani should present a council that will lead Tuscany in the next 5 years. And it cannot be done otherwise Bintou Mia Diop23 years old from Livorno, born in Italy from one child family from Senegalthat’s the new one vice President The regionthe youngest person in the history of Tuscany to become a member of the council. “I’m very happy, but I also feel a great responsibility,” he admitted as he squeezed among the staff PD in Tuscanysecretary Emiliano Fossi and Marco Furfaroa Schlein loyalist.
It seems that the secretary himself took to the field after Diop’s appeal to the council, such is the respect he has for the young politician and activist, who has been a member of the city council in Livorno for a year and is already the national leader of the council, as well as having worked in the Region in the office of former regional council member PD Francesco Gazzetti. «A comedian from this afternoon (yesterday for those who read, ed) – confides in Fossi – . Mia Diop embodies the new direction of the Democratic Party, the profile of innovation for the council and the image of the progressive camp.” Among the members of the Democratic Party there were those who went further and in the chamber during the announcement they spoke about “Tuscany like New York” and about «Mamdani Effect»New mayor of the Big Apple. “A young woman, second generation, committed to human rights arriving at the council – said another PD representative – is good news for Tuscany”. Like him, also the new deputy minister Bernard Dikawho arrived in Italy as a child with his family from Albania, represents Italy today.
Diop was a surprise addition to the junta’s composition. Last minute shot from the Schleinian area. “We need something new” we heard repeated several times throughout the day. He was born in Italy in 2002, which means he was there too the first Generation Z board memberready to give voice to his generation, student of political science at the University of Pisa and passionate about karate. For him we are talking about delegation in the workplace and equal opportunities. The father is from Senegal and is president of his community in Livorno, the mother is an Italian of German origin, a left-wing activist.
“I have dual citizenship, I’m lucky, but I grew up seeing Senegalese friends and cousins who didn’t have it,” he said in an interview. A sensitivity that brought him to the stage at the age of 10 to express himself Ius Soli in front of Pierluigi Bersani. Today he was by her side Elly Schlein. Somewhere in the middle there is a clear path: school representation in high school, Democratic Party membership at age 16, militancy in the Young Democrats. At 21, he was the youngest coordinator of the volunteers working for Schlein’s election as secretary of the Democratic Party.
As the young face of the party, he helped Schlein and Fossi with communications and also to Luca Salvetti, mayor of Livorno, where in 2024 he took office. elected city council members. Despite this curriculum, the jump to second place in the Region was by no means an easy one to overcome. Maybe this is also why last night, after arriving in Florence, her parents immediately “protected” her from the interview.
«I am 23 years old, I am proud of my Livorno accent, I’m optimisticI believe in activism and ideas” he wrote on social media, which in 2023 has put him in the middle of a small storm in the Democratic Party after a story on Instagram after October 7 in which he defined himself as “always on the same side”, with the Palestinian flag, without condemning Hamas. «An exploitation and a an attempt to discredit me» he replied, explaining that he meant other events (demonstrations) and that he “openly condemns the actions of terrorist groups”. It seemed like it happened a lifetime ago, considering the climbing he had done in the past two years.
