Club of Freedom (''Club della Libertà'') is a grassroots organisation within The People of Freedom, a

political party in Italy This article contains a list of political parties in Italy since Italian unification in 1861. Throughout history, numerous political parties have been operating in Italy, and since World War II no party has ever gained enough support to govern ...

. The Clubs are led by Mario Valducci, who, as one of the seven founding members of

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 ...

along with

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, had been coordinator of the "Clubs of Forza Italia". The Clubs' organisation includes

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Giorgio Stracquadanio Giorgio Clelio Stracquadanio (22 March 1959 – 31 January 2014) was an Italian politician and journalist. Biography Born in Milan, Stracquadanio began his political career in the 1980s as an activist for the Radical Party in Milan with the mun ...

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Michaela Biancofiore Michaela Biancofiore (born 28 December 1970) is an Italian politician. Early life and career Born in Bolzano to an Apulian father and a Roman mother, she graduated from the "Gregorio Elladio" school in Spoleto, where she lived in boarding school ...

, Enrico Pianetta, Roberto Tortoli, Pasquale Giuliano and Paola Pelino. Since June 2010 Valducci and his clubs are active within the larger ''

Liberamente ''Liberamente'' (which literally means "freely", but is also a play on words meaning "free mind") is a liberal-centrist foundation and think-tank within Forza Italia (FI), a political party in Italy. Its main leader is Mariastella Gelmini and, previ ...

'' faction led by other two Berlusconi's loyalists,

Mariastella Gelmini Mariastella Gelmini (born 1 July 1973) is an Italian politician and attorney (specialised in administrative law). She served as Italian Minister of Education in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet until 16 November 2011. She served as minister of Regional ...

and

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References

External links

Official website
{{People of Freedom factions Organisations associated with The People of Freedom