title: Ezio Mauro
text: # Ezio Mauro
  
  Ezio Mauro (born 24 October 1948) is an Italian journalist. He was editor-in-chief of the newspaper la Repubblica from 1996 to 2016.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Mauro was born in Dronero, Italy. He started his career as a journalist, writing for the local newspaper Gazzetta del Popolo in Turin. In 1981, he moved to La Stampa, as correspondent from the United States, and in 1988 he moved to la Repubblica as correspondent from Moscow, Russia.
  
  In 1990, he re-joined the newspaper La Stampa as co-editor, and in 1992 as editor.
  
  In 1996 Mauro replaced Eugenio Scalfari as editor of La Repubblica.
  
  