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Roberto Di Mauro
Giovanni Di Mauro, better known as "Roberto" (born 27 June 1956), is an Italian politician. Political career He was a member of the Christian Democracy with which he became city councilor in 1985; he also was mayor of Agrigento from 1990 to 1991. In the 1992 Italian general election he was elected deputy to the Chamber of Deputies in the western Sicily constituency. From 2003 to 2006 he was Assessor of the provincial government of Agrigento led by Vincenzo Fontana. He was a candidate in 2001 Italian general election with the CCD, since 2004 he has been a deputy to the Sicilian Regional Assembly of the XIII legislature (where he takes over from Vincenzo Lo Giudice, arrested for external competition in a mafia association). Loyal to Raffaele Lombardo, in 2005 he was one of the founders of the Movement for Autonomy. In the general elections of 2006 he was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies, in the Sicily 1 constituency, on the list of "Lega Nord – Movement for Autonomy" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Di Mauro
Giovanni Di Mauro, better known as "Roberto" (born 27 June 1956), is an Italian politician. Political career He was a member of the Christian Democracy with which he became city councilor in 1985; he also was mayor of Agrigento from 1990 to 1991. In the 1992 Italian general election he was elected deputy to the Chamber of Deputies in the western Sicily constituency. From 2003 to 2006 he was Assessor of the provincial government of Agrigento led by Vincenzo Fontana. He was a candidate in 2001 Italian general election with the CCD, since 2004 he has been a deputy to the Sicilian Regional Assembly of the XIII legislature (where he takes over from Vincenzo Lo Giudice, arrested for external competition in a mafia association). Loyal to Raffaele Lombardo, in 2005 he was one of the founders of the Movement for Autonomy. In the general elections of 2006 he was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies, in the Sicily 1 constituency, on the list of "Lega Nord – Movement for Autonomy" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinando Latteri
Ferdinando may refer to: Politics * Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549–1609) * Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610–1670) * Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (1663–1713), eldest son of Cosimo III de' Medici * Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1587–1626) * Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1652–1708), only child of Duke Charles II of Mantua * Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1584–1648), English politician and parliamentary general Sports * Ferdinando De Giorgi (born 1961), Italian volleyball player and coach * Ferdinando Meglio (born 1959), Italian fencer * Ferdinando Piani, Italian bobsledder Other * Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena (1656–1743), Italian architect and painter * Ferdinando Galiani (1728–1787), Italian economist during the Enlightenment * Ferdinando Piretti, an Italian mathematician * Ferdinando Sardella, a Swedish scholar of the history of religion * '' Ferdina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1956 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Mosc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangentopoli
''Mani pulite'' (; Italian for "clean hands") was a nationwide judicial investigation into political corruption in Italy held in the early 1990s, resulting in the demise of the so-called " First Republic" and the disappearance of many Italian political parties. Some politicians and industry leaders committed suicide after their crimes were exposed. Antonio Di Pietro was the main judicial figure in charge of the investigation. In some accounts, as many as 5,000 public figures fell under suspicion. At one point, more than half of the members of the Italian Parliament were under indictment, while more than 400 city and town councils were dissolved because of corruption charges. The estimated value of bribes paid annually in the 1980s by Italian and foreign companies bidding for large government contracts reached US$4 billion (6.5 trillion lire). The corrupt system uncovered by the investigation was referred to as ''Tangentopoli'' (). The term derives from Italian ''tangente'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Schifani
Renato Maria Giuseppe Schifani (; born 11 May 1950 .) is an Italian politician who has served as the since 13 October 2022. Born in , Schifani was a prominent member of the now-defunct centre-right (PdL) and served in the Italian Senate from 1996 to 2022. He then joined the |
2022 Sicilian Regional Election
The 2022 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily were held on 25 September 2022. Renato Schifani, candidate of the centre-right coalition, easily won the election, becoming the next president of the region. Electoral system The Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 62 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists and a 5% threshold, while 8 MPs (7+1) are elected using Party bloc vote. Background Progressive camp primary election On 18 June a press conference was held between the leaders of Democratic Party, Five Star Movement, Italian Left, Green Europe, Article One, Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a Socialism, socialist and later Social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nello Musumeci
Sebastiano "Nello" Musumeci (born 21 January 1955) is a right-wing Italian politician. Musumeci is serving as Minister for Civil Protection and Sea Policies since 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni. He previously served as President of Sicily from 18 November 2017 until 13 October 2022. Moreover, he was a Member of the European Parliament for the Italian seat Islands, where he was a member of the Union for a Europe of Nations parliamentary group. He sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries and its Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Biography Musumeci was born in Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily. At the age of fifteen, Musumeci became a member of Giovane Italia, the youth organization of “ Italian Social Movement”, a neo-fascist and post-fascist political party in Italy. After completing his studies in communication sciences Musumeci began working as a banker at the UniCredit group a global banking and financial services company. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantiere Popolare
Cantiere Popolare (translatable into ''Popular construction site'') is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy, based in Sicily. The party's leader is Francesco Saverio Romano, a former Sicilian leader of the Union of the Centre and, later, minister of Agriculture in Silvio Berlusconi's fourth government. History The CP was launched in January 2012 as an evolution of The Populars of Italy Tomorrow (PID), a Sicilian-based Christian-democratic emerged in 2010 as a split from the Union of the Centre (UdC). Other subjects ( Popular Action, the Christian Movement of Workers and the Extended Christian Pact) took part to the project. Francesco Saverio Romano, leader of the PID, went on to lead also the CP. In the 2012 Sicilian regional election, the CP won 5.9% of the vote and obtained four regional deputies. CP took part in the February 2013 general election, siding with the centre-right coalition, and got 0.1% of the votes. Nevertheless, thanks to an agreement with T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Sicilian Regional Election
The 2017 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily was held on 5 November 2017. Incumbent President Rosario Crocetta was not his party's candidate due to his low popularity. Nello Musumeci, leader of the movement '' Diventerà Bellissima'', was elected president. Electoral system The Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 62 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open list Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the order in which a party's candidates are elected. This is as opposed to closed list, which allows only active members, par ...s and a 5% threshold, while 8 MPs (7+1) are elected using Party bloc vote. Parties and leaders Opinion polling Results Notes {{Elections in Sicily 2017 elections in Italy Elections in Sicily Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Italian General Election
The 2013 Italian general election was held on 24 and 25 February 2013 to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 17th Italian Parliament. The centre-left alliance Italy Common Good, led by the Democratic Party (PD), obtained a clear majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies thanks to a majority bonus that effectively trebled the number of seats assigned to the winning force and narrowly defeated the centre-right alliance of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the popular vote. Close behind, the new anti-establishment Five Star Movement of comedian Beppe Grillo became the third force, well ahead of the centrist coalition of outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti. In the Senate, no political group or party won an outright majority, resulting in a hung parliament. In April 2013, a grand coalition between Italy Common Good, the Berlusconi coalition, and the centrists was formed. Berlusconi and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianfranco Miccichè
Gianfranco Miccichè (born 1 April 1954 in Palermo, Sicily) is an Italian politician. Biography Gianfranco Miccichè was born into a wealthy family of Palermo. He was business executive at the IRFIS company for eleven years. In 1984, thanks to the knowledge of Marcello Dell'Utri, he became executive of Publitalia '80, a company led by Silvio Berlusconi. In 1993, together with other men of Publitalia '80, he joined Forza Italia, of which he was appointed regional coordinator in Sicily. In the 1994 general election he was elected for the first time in the Chamber of Deputies and served as Undersecretary at the Ministry of Transport and Navigation in the Berlusconi I Cabinet. At the 1997 local elections he was candidate as mayor of Palermo for the Pole for Freedoms, but he was defeated by Leoluca Orlando. In 2001 he served as Vice-Minister of Economy and Finance in the Berlusconi II Cabinet and in 2005 he was appointed Minister for Development and Territorial Cohesion in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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