Biagio Simonetti has been re-elected president of GAL Vesuvio Verde, the local action group working in the Vesuvian area. The vote was reported on 27 October 2026 by Metropolis Web and LaProvinciaonline.
The local reporting presents the result as a governance change: for the first time, the presidency is held by someone who is not a sitting mayor. Simonetti is identified as a university lecturer and former mayor of Ottaviano.
Proposers and support
According to the two local reports, Simonetti's candidacy was proposed by Clementina Iervolino, Paolo Di Palma and Costantino Puddu, with the support of vice-president Francesca Gambardella.
The same reporting identifies the mayors of Ottaviano, San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Somma Vesuviana and Sant'Anastasia as supporting the election.
The retrieved sources do not provide the formal date or complete minutes of the election meeting.
Stated priorities
The local reporting describes the GAL's immediate priorities as sustainable tourism, protection of the Vesuvian landscape, and the promotion of agricultural, cultural and food heritage.
The EU CAP Network directory separately lists food supply chains, access to services and infrastructure, and social inclusion among the strategy themes for GAL Vesuvio Verde.
What GAL Vesuvio Verde is
GAL Vesuvio Verde operates within European and Campania regional rural-development and LEADER programming frameworks.
The EU CAP Network lists the group under national LAG code ITCM015, supported by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the CAP Strategic Plan for Italy. The Campania regional agriculture page identifies GAL Vesuvio Verde within the LEADER implementation framework, gives its Terzigno contact details and links to its local development strategy.
That institutional framing matters for readers: the GAL is not a municipal office, but a local development body working under EU and regional rural-development rules.
Area figures differ
Metropolis Web and LaProvinciaonline describe the GAL's represented area as seven municipalities with approximately 150,000 inhabitants.
The EU CAP Network directory currently lists 11 municipalities and 190,491 people for GAL Vesuvio Verde. The Campania regional page currently names Carmine Esposito as president, while the 27 October 2026 reports identify Biagio Simonetti as the newly re-elected president.
Readers should treat the regional page and EU directory as institutional references that may not yet reflect the reported change, and check the EU directory and the Campania regional page for the currently listed area, contact and strategy documents.
