Nicola "Nichi" Vendola (Italian pronunciation: ['ni?ki 'v?ndola]; born 26 August 1958) is an Italian left-wing politician and LGBT activist who was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Apulia from 1992 to 2005 and President of Apulia from 2005 to 2015.
He is one of the first openly LGBT Italian politicians and the first openly LGBT heads of a regional government in Italy.