Valentino Castellani Olympic Order
Castellani with his predecessor Giovanna Cattaneo Incisa.
Mayor of Turin
In office 24 June 1993 – 28 May 2001
Preceded by	Giovanna Cattaneo Incisa
Succeeded by	Sergio Chiamparino
President of the Torino 2006 XX Olympic Winter Games Organising Committee
In office 24 February 2002 – 26 February 2006
IOC President	Juan Antonio Samaranch (1999–2001) Jacques Rogge (2001–06)
Preceded by	Mitt Romney
Succeeded by	John Furlong
Chair of the Torino 2006 XX Olympic Winter Games Organising Committee
In office 27 December 1999 – 7 July 2007
Preceded by	Committee established
Succeeded by	Position dissolved
Personal details
Born	(1940-03-19) 19 March 1940 Varmo, Italy
Political party	Centre-left independent
Alma mater	Polytechnic University of Turin

Valentino Castellani (born 19 March 1940) was the independent Mayor of Turin, Italy, from 24 June 1993 to 1 June 2001.

He is also a noted university professor and alumni of the Polytechnic University of Turin, where he got a master's degree in electronic engineering in 1963. Three years later, in 1966, he got his master's degree in electrical engineering at the MIT, in Boston.^[1] He is the author of some 70 scientific publications, some of which deal with the theory of transmission and coding applied to satellites and mobile communication. From 1999 to 2006 he was President of the Turin Organizing Committee, the organizing committee of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.^[2]

He has lived in Turin for over forty years, is married and has three children.

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