Arpaia has a new deputy mayor. Mayor Pasquale Fucci has appointed councillor Caterina Ruggiero to the post following the resignation of Stefano Diglio.
According to NTR24, Diglio resigned as deputy mayor on 18 September 2026. Fucci then issued a decree establishing the new executive arrangement and redistributing administrative responsibilities within the municipal government.
The reported responsibilities assigned to Ruggiero include heritage, urban hygiene, legal affairs, and litigation. The complete text of the appointment decree and the full list of redistributed delegations were not detailed in the available reporting.
Before the appointment, Ruggiero was listed institutionally by the Municipality of Arpaia as a municipal councillor.
The move returns Ruggiero to a senior executive role. In 2021, UserTV reported that Fucci had brought Ruggiero into his administration as an assessor after the resignation of then-deputy mayor Domenico Schettino.
That history places the 2026 change in a broader context for readers following local government in Arpaia: the current appointment continues a pattern of changes and resignations within Fucci's municipal executive, with the deputy-mayor position again changing hands after a resignation.
For residents, the practical point is continuity of administration. The mayor's decree both names Ruggiero as deputy mayor and redistributes delegations, keeping responsibility for the listed portfolios assigned within the executive after Diglio's departure.
