Question: Who was the first citizen of Italy to travel to space, Franco Malerba or Philippe Perrin?

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Citizen Kate: Citizen Kate is a continuing web series and video blog about Citizen journalism.  In 2008, when the series was first created by Carey Lundin of Viva Lundin Productions, "Kate Soglin, a young "citizen journalist," gave the outsider’s view of inside politics.  Citizen Kate was one of the first Citizen Journalists to hit the 2008 presidential campaign trail.  She started her video blog coverage on February 10, 2007 at Barack Obama's announcement to run for president in Springfield, Illinois.  She has filed several vblogs about the presidential campaign and politics on her web site CitizenKate.tv.

Mark Shuttleworth: Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Canonical Ltd., the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system.  In 2002, he became the first citizen of an independent African country to travel to space as a space tourist.  He currently lives on the Isle of Man and holds dual citizenship from South Africa and the United Kingdom.

Stadio Romeo Neri: Stadio Romeo Neri is a multi-use stadium in Rimini, Italy.  The stadium has a capacity of 9,768 and is largely used for football as the home of A.C. Rimini 1912.  The stadium itself was named after Italian gymnast Romeo Neri, the first citizen of Rimini to participate in the Olympic Games - in both Amsterdam (1928) and Los Angeles (1932).

Philippe Perrin (artist): Philippe Perrin, (La Tronche, 10 August 1964) is a French artist and contemporary photographer who lives and works in Paris.

Franco Malerba: Franco Egidio Malerba (born October 10, 1946, in Busalla, Metropolitan City of Genoa, Italy) is an astronaut.  He was the first citizen of Italy to travel to space.

Mayor of Derry: The Mayor of Derry, legally the Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council is an honorary position bestowed upon a citizen of Derry in Northern Ireland, who is in practice a member of Derry and Strabane District Council, chosen by his or her peers on the Council to serve a one-year term.  The Mayor is Chairman of the Council as well as the city's first citizen.  The current Mayor is Maolíosa McHugh of Sinn Féin.

Philippe Perrin: Philippe Perrin (Colonel, French Air Force) (born January 6, 1963) is a French test pilot and former CNES and European Space Agency astronaut.

Khachadour Paul Garabedian: Khachadour Paul Garabedian (Armenian: Խաչատուր Կարապետեան ; August 25, 1836 - August 25, 1881) was an Ottoman-born Armenian United States Navy Sailor of the Union Army, considered the only Armenian soldier to have served in combat during American Civil War.  During the Civil War, he held the rank of officer and served aboard two ships which blockaded against the ports of the Confederacy for the Union.  His first task was to go along the Atlantic Coast and reach the Gulf of Mexico.  In 1865 he was discharged from the Navy and settled in Philadelphia where he is believed to be the first citizen of Armenian ancestry.

Cinema Paradiso: Cinema Paradiso (Italian: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso , ] , "New Paradise Cinema") is a 1988 Italian drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.  The film stars Jacques Perrin, Philippe Noiret, Leopoldo Trieste, Marco Leonardi, Agnese Nano and Salvatore Cascio, and was produced by Franco Cristaldi and Giovanna Romagnoli, while the music score was composed by Ennio Morricone along with his son, Andrea.  It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards.

Mule (Foundation): The Mule establishes his empire incrementally, using past conquests to aid new ones: first by mentally converting a pirate band to his allegiance, then a whole planet, then the militarily powerful kingdom of Kalgan, which he obtains by mentally converting the warlord of the planet Kalgan, and then the Foundation.  The Mule sets up his own short-lived Galactic Empire, the "Union of Worlds", styling himself "First Citizen of the Union" and making Kalgan its capital planet.  Leading up to, during, and for a good time after the Mule's conquest of the Foundation and its trade confederacy, almost no one ever actually sees the Mule or knows what he looks like.

Supporting paragraphs: Franco Malerba Philippe Perrin
Answer: Franco Egidio Malerba