Vincent "Buddy" Cianci

In March 2011 Buddy will be on a book tour discussing his own memoir Politics and Pasta. This book is full of surprising stories and outrageous anecdotes. Politics and Pasta is already receiving great reviews and is the most candid {and easily the funniest} political memoir in a generation from one of the nation’s most talked-about mayors. Buddy was elected mayor six times and voted "America's Most Innovative Mayor" by the Association of Government Officials. Buddy served as Mayor for 21 years and became Providence's longest sitting mayor and America's longest serving mayor of a city over 100,000 in population. During Buddy's tenure, Providence dramatically changed from a boarded-up lackluster city to being named by Money Magazine as the "Best City in which to live in the East" and one of America's top five urban centers. He hosts his weekday talk show, "The Buddy Cianci Show", on 630 WPRO-AM and 99.7-FM. Since returning to the airwaves, Rhode Island Monthly readers have voted Buddy the "Best Radio Talk Show Host" in 2008 2009 & 2010. Buddy also shares his insights and unparalleled witty analysis of Rhode Island's issues as the chief political commentator on ABC-6, WLNE-TV Providence, RI. Nationally, Buddy is a regular guest on the Fox network nationally syndicated Hannity Show. He has also appeared on numerous other nationally syndicated radio and television shows. Buddy is active on the lecture circuit and was the keynote speaker at various colleges, universities and civic organizations. He served on many boards including Rhode School of Design, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence Public Library, Women & Infants Hospital Vincent "Buddy" Cianci, Jr. graduated from Moses Brown School and earned his bachelor's degree of Government at Fairfield University. He pursued his masters in Political Science at Villanova University and his Doctorate of Jurisprudence at Marquette University Law School. He served in the United States Army from 1966-1969 and was a 1st Lieutenant in the Military Police Corp. In 1969, Buddy was appointed Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Rhode Island and was an instructor of Political Science at Bryant University. He served as a prosecutor for the Organized Crime Unit until 1974 when he resigned to run for Mayor of Providence. Buddy Cianci’s legacy has forever been woven into the tapestry of Providence’s history. He has often said that his greatest accomplishment is more than fixing crumbling sidewalks or moving rivers, his greatest accomplishment is the raising the self-esteem of the City of Providence.