Clelio Darida (3 May 1927 – 11 May 2017) was an Italian politician. He was

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and minister of the Italian Republic.

Biography

Darida was born in

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in 1927. Starting from June 1960, he was member of Rome's municipal council for his party,

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(DC). Within the DC, he was a member of the faction of

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first, and

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later. He was elected mayor of Rome on 30 July 1969, being confirmed on 17 March 1972. In 1974 he formed a city council including only DC member, with indirect support by the councillors of the

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. In 1976 he resigned as mayor to participate in the 1976 general elections. He was elected in the

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, being confirmed until 1992, when he was not re-elected. Darida served as Undersecretary at the Ministry of the Interior from 1976 to 1980, and, from 1980 to 1987, he served as Minister for the Parliamentary Relations, as Minister of Post and Telecommunications, as Minister of Public Function, as Minister of Justice and as Minister of State Holdings. During the

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corruption scandal in the early 1990s, he was accused of bribery and imprisoned for a short period in

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. Later he was acquitted of all accusations and obtained from the Ministry of the Treasury a compensation of ₤100 million. In 2006 Darida participated with

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in the constitution of a new political movement of Christian inspiration, the Christian Democratic Refoundation, of which he was appointed President of the National Council. In 2012 Darida accepted the invitation of several former Christian Democrat national councilors in office in 1993 and convened the National Council of Christian Democracy, after the Court of Cassation acknowledged that this party had never been dissolved, since the National Council that sanctioned the birth of the Italian People's Party in 1994 also didn't have the power to deliberate dissolution of the DC. On 30 March 2012 Darida proceeded, together with 48 other members, the self-convocation of the DC National Council, electing the new National Directorate.

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was appointed secretary of the reborn

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was appointed president of the National Council, while Clelio Darida was appointed honorary president of the party. A few months after having contributed personally to the reconvening of the 1993 DC National Council, Darida abandoned the Christian Democracy led by Fontana to join the

led by

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, of which he became honorary president. Darida died in Rome on 11 May 2017.Roma, addio a Clelio Darida: fu ministro e sindaco dal 1969 al 1976
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Darida, Clelio 1927 births 2017 deaths Politicians from Rome Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians 20th-century Italian politicians Government ministers of Italy Mayors of Rome Italian Ministers of Justice