“Aristotelian centrist”: German wants to rule popular city in Italy for Meloni. The 56-year-old is running for the center-right camp of Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing alliance.
Schmidt was director of the Uffizi, one of the most visited museums in the world, from 2015 until the end of last year, but was then unable to renew his position. The trained art historian then moved to the National Museum in Naples in the same position.