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Reformist Area
Reformist Area (''Area Riformista'', AR) was a social-democratic and democratic-socialist association, which used to be a faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy, before joining Article One. It was founded in April 2014 by a substantial number of supporters of Gianni Cuperlo in the 2013 leadership election, in which Cuperlo was defeated by Matteo Renzi. AR, which was mostly composed of ''Bersaniani'', ''Dalemiani'' and ''Lettiani'', found its leader in Roberto Speranza, the party's floor leader in the Chamber of Deputies. In April 2015 Speranza, who dissented from Renzi on electoral reform, resigned from his post. This move weakened his leadership over the so-called "dialoguing left" (with Renzi) and ultimately broke the faction's unity and ranks. 70 MPs of AF, including Cesare Damiano, Matteo Mauri, Enzo Amendola, Paola De Micheli and Luciano Pizzetti, joined forces with Maurizio Martina, minister of Agricolture and leading member of the Remake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Speranza
Roberto Speranza (born 4 January 1979) is an Italian politician of the Chamber of Deputies who served as national secretary of Article One. From 5 September 2019 until 22 October 2022, he has been serving as Minister of Health in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and was later confirmed by Prime Minister Mario Draghi. During his tenure, he had to face the COVID-19 pandemic, which deeply affected Italy. Early life and education Roberto Speranza was born in Potenza, Basilicata, in 1979. During the 2000s, he graduated in political science at the Luiss Guido Carli of Rome. Political career Early political career In 2005 Speranza was elected to the national executive of the Left Youth (SG), a youth wing of the Democrats of the Left (DS), the main social-democratic party in Italy. At the age of 25, Speranza was elected city councilor with the DS in Potenza, a position he held from 2004 to 2009. In March 2007 he was elected national president of the Left Youth. Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lettiani
Lettiani referred to the followers of Enrico Letta, former Prime Minister of Italy and a leading member of the Democratic Party, a political party in Italy. The followers of Letta are generally centrists proposing an alliance with the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats and a liberal approach to the economy. Thanks to the central position of Letta in the party, the group maintains good relations with all the other big factions of the party: Populars, Olivists, ''Dalemiani'' and ''Veltroniani''. In the 2009 Democratic Party leadership election the group supported Pier Luigi Bersani Pier Luigi Bersani (; born 29 September 1951) is an Italian politician and was Secretary of the Democratic Party (PD), Italy's leading centre-left party, from 2009 to 2013. Bersani was Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftmanship from 1996 t .... ''Lettiani'' are rallied in the 360 Association. References {{Democratic Party factions Democratic Party (Italy) factions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Scotto
Arturo Scotto (born 15 May 1978) is an Italian politician. Biography Graduated in Political Sciences, Scotto became a member of the Left Youth in 1994 and in 1996 he was elected Secretary of the Circle of Torre del Greco. In 2001 he entered the national leadership of the Democrats of the Left. With the 2006 elections, Scotto is elected at the Chamber of Deputies with the Democrats of the Left, being the youngest Deputy of the legislature. In 2007, he opposed the dissolution of the Democrats of the Left and the birth of the Democratic Party, joining the Democratic Left. At the 2008 elections, Scotto was again a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies with The Left-The Rainbow, but failed the election. In 2010, he entered the national leadership of Nichi Vendola's Left Ecology Freedom and became the party's manager for foreign affairs. At the 2013 elections, Scotto returned to the Chamber of Deputies and in 2014 was elected as group leader of Left Ecology Freedom. On 23 Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Socialists (Italy)
Democratic Socialists ( it, Democraticisocialisti) is a social-democratic association in Italy. It was founded as a left-wing faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy, but left the party in February 2017 with the launch of Article One. Its leader is Enrico Rossi, President of Tuscany, while its president is Peppino Caldarola, a former deputy and associate of Massimo D'Alema Massimo D'Alema (; born 20 April 1949) is an Italian politician and journalist who was the 53rd prime minister of Italy from 1998 to 2000. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2008. D'Alema also serv .... Leadership *President: Peppino Caldarola (2016–present) *Coordinator: Tommaso Giuntella (2016–2017), Silvia Prodi (2017–present) *Organisational secretary: Mirko Tutino (2016–present) References External linksOfficial website {{Democratic Party factions Democratic Party (Italy) factions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Rossi (politician)
Enrico Rossi (born 25 August 1958) is an Italian politician and former President of Tuscany. Early life He was born into a working-class family in 1958 and in 1982 he graduated with a Degree in Philosophy with a thesis on the Hungarian philosopher Ágnes Heller. During the university, he was part of the student movement and worked as a journalist. In 1985, he joined in the Italian Communist Party. Mayor of Pontedera and Regional Assessor of Health From 1985 to 1990 he was a member of the City Council of Pontedera (an industrial town with a large Piaggio-Vespa factory), serving as Vice Mayor and Councillor for Social Policy and Urban Planning. Later, he became Mayor of the same city, holding the office for nine years, from 1990 to 1999. During his second term, Rossi fought against the move of the ''Piaggio'' from Pontedera to Nusco. In 2000, Enrico Rossi was elected as a Member of the Regional Council of Tuscany, and for ten years he was Regional Assessor for Healthcare. Unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeftDem
LeftDem ( it, SinistraDem), whose complete name is LeftDem – Open Field (''SinistraDem – Campo Aperto''), is a social-democratic faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy. History The faction was launched by Gianni Cuperlo, who lost the 2013 leadership election to Matteo Renzi, in June 2014, as an association open to Democrats, independents and members of other parties. In the following October the faction's assembly saw the participation, among others, of Sergio Cofferati and Stefano Fassina, who later left the party. In the run-up of the 2017 leadership election, LeftDem endorsed Andrea Orlando of Remake Italy for party leader. In the run-up of the 2023 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election The 2023 Democratic Party leadership election was a primary election that was held in Italy in February 2023 to elect the National Assembly and secretary of the Democratic Party (Italy), Democratic Party (PD). It consisted of a closed prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Is Change
Left is Change (''Sinistra è Cambiamento'', SèC) was a social-democratic faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy. Most of its members hailed from the Democrats of the Left (DS). The faction was formed, mainly by splinters of Remake Italy and Reformist Area, in June 2015. At its foundation, the faction counted around 70 MPs, notably including Maurizio Martina (minister of Agriculture in Renzi Cabinet), Cesare Damiano, Anna Finocchiaro, Matteo Mauri, Enzo Amendola, Paola De Micheli and Luciano Pizzetti. Differently from other left-wing factions, notably Reformist Area, SèC wanted to cooperate with Matteo Renzi, PD leader and Prime Minister. In the run-up of the 2017 leadership election, Martina and the majority of SèC chose to support Renzi, while a minority led by Damiano and Finocchiaro, endorsed Andrea Orlando Andrea Orlando (born 8 February 1969) is an Italian politician who served as minister of labour and social policies from 2021 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remake Italy
Remake Italy ( it, Rifare l'Italia), whose members were known as Young Turks (''Giovani Turchi''), was a social-democratic and, to some extent, democratic-socialist faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy. Prominent members included Matteo Orfini, Stefano Fassina, Andrea Orlando, Maurizio Martina, Roberto Gualtieri, Francesco Verducci and Fausto Raciti. The faction's leader, Orfini, was elected president of the PD in June 2014. History The group was originally formed in 2010, but became an effective faction only with the formation of the association named "Remake Italy" in 2011. Mostly former Democrats of the Left, young ''Dalemiani'' and anti-New Labour social-democrats, the Young Turks opposed Mario Monti's government and the rise within the party of Matteo Renzi, a reformer who was the darling of PD's liberals. They were thus supporters of Pier Luigi Bersani during his four years as party leader (2009–2013): Orfini and Fassina were members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurizio Martina
Maurizio Martina (born 9 September 1978) is an Italian politician and member of the Chamber of Deputies, who served as secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) from March to November 2018, being appointed after the 2018 Italian general election. He served as Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies since 22 February 2014, in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni. On 7 May 2017, he was elected Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party. Martina resigned as Agriculture Minister and took over as acting secretary of the PD after Matteo Renzi resigned following a poor election showing in 2018. Biography Martina was born in Calcinate, near Bergamo, in 1978. He grew up in a middle-class working family, he attended the Agricultural Institute and later he graduated in political science at the University of Macerata. In 1994, he joined the Students' Movement, a left-wing organization, and in 1999 he was elected to the city council of Mornico al Serio for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Pizzetti
Luciano is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese given name and surname. It is derived from Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of ''Lucius'' ("Light"). The French form is ''Lucien'', while the Basque form is ''Luken''. Single name * Luciano (rapper) (born 1994), German rapper of Mozambican descent * Luciano (singer) (born 1964), reggae artist from Jamaica * Luciano (Brazilian singer), (real name Welson David de Camargo), part of the Brazilian duo Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano * Luciano (DJ), (real name Lucien Nicolet), electronic music DJ and producer * Le Rat Luciano, French rapper, part of the French rap group Fonky Family * Luciano (footballer, born 1978) * Luciano (footballer, born 1993) * Luciano (footballer, born 2003) Given name *Luciano D'Alessandro González (born 1977), Venezuelan-Colombian actor and model *Luciano Barbosa (born 1976), Brazilian squash player *Luciano Becchio, Argentine footballer *Luciano Benetton (born 1935), Italian billionaire businessman, one of the co-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola De Micheli
Paola De Micheli (born 1 September 1973) is an Italian manager and politician of the Democratic Party (Italy), Democratic Party (PD), who served as Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from 2019 until 2021; she was the first woman to hold the office. Early life and education De Micheli graduated in political sciences at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Catholic University in Milan and worked as a manager in the Food industry, agri-food industry. Political career Early beginnings De Micheli's first elective role was as municipal councilor of Pontenure from 1999 to 2004. In 2007, she joined the Democratic Party (Italy), Democratic Party (PD). From 2007 to 2010 she was municipal minister for Human and Economic Resources in Piacenza. In the 2008 Italian general election, De Micheli was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Chamber of Deputies and during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Amendola
Vincenzo "Enzo" Amendola (born 22 December 1973) is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party (PD). On 5 September 2019, Amendola was appointed Minister of European Affairs in the Conte II Cabinet. Early life and career Amendola was born in Naples in 1973. During the 1990s Amendola joined the Left Youth (SG), the youth wing of the Democrats of the Left (DS), the main social democratic party in Italy. In 1998, he was appointed SG's responsible for foreign affairs as well as vice president of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY), of which he was elected secretary general in 2001. Political career In 2006, Amendola was appointed in the national secretariat of the Democrats of the Left, and in November 2006, he was elected regional secretary of DS for Campania. Together with the majority of DS members, in 2007 Amendola joined the Democratic Party (PD), the new centre-left party, born from the union between DS and The Daisy. In October 2009 he won the primary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
