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Valentino Castellani (born 19 March 1940) was the independent Mayor of Turin, Italy, from 24 June 1993 to 28 May 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. 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.

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

References

1. "VALENTINO CASTELLANI" (PDF) (in Italian).
2. Zinser, Lynn (2 November 2005). "Progress Pleases Organizers In Turin". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 February 2011.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mitt Romney	President of the Organizing Committee for Winter Olympic Games 2006	Succeeded by John Furlong
Political offices
Preceded byGiovanna Cattaneo Incisa	Mayor of Turin 1993-2001	Succeeded bySergio Chiamparino

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