Christian Solinas (born 2 December 1976) is an Italian politician, leader of the

Sardinian Action Party The Sardinian Action Party ( sc, Partidu Sardu, it, Partito Sardo d'Azione, PSd'Az or PSdA) is a Sardinian nationalist, regionalist and separatist political party in Sardinia. While being traditionally part of the Sardinian centre-left, the p ...

and President of

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Biography

Born in

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

, Solinas has been a long-time member of the

and has been regional councilor of transports from 2011 to 2014, under the presidency of

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. In 2015, Solinas was elected Secretary of the

, leading the party towards

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positions, promoting a twinning with

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's Northern League. In the 2018 election, Solinas was elected to the

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, becoming the only member of the

in the Senate and joining the

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's parliamentary group. Solinas graduated in Law at the

University of Sassari The University of Sassari ( it, Università degli Studi di Sassari, UniSS) is a university located in Sassari, Italy. It was founded in 1562 and is organized in 13 departments. The University of Sassari earned first place in the rankings for t ...

in December 2018. In November 2018, Solinas was appointed as the

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candidate for the office of

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for the 2019 regional election, leading a coalition that includes the

, the

Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...

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, the Union of the Centre, the

Union of Sardinians The Union of Sardinians – Nationalist Project (''Unione dei Sardi – Progetto Nazionalitario'', UDS–PN) is a regionalist Christian-democratic political party in Sardinia. Its leader is Mario Floris, a former Christian Democrat who was Pres ...

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Energies for Italy Energies for Italy ( it, Energie per l'Italia, EpI) was a political party in Italy, launched in November 2016 and officially established on 1 April 2017. Its leader is Stefano Parisi, a former director-general of Confindustria and CEO of Fastweb ...

and the

Sardinian Reformers The Sardinian Reformers ( it, Riformatori Sardi, RS) is a liberal-conservative and regionalist, Christian-democratic political party in Sardinia, led by Michele Cossa. The party, which has always been part of the centre-right at the Sardinian re ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Solinas, Christian 1976 births Living people 21st-century Italian politicians People from Cagliari University of Sassari alumni Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy Members of the Regional Council of Sardinia Presidents of Sardinia Sardinian Action Party politicians