Enrico Boselli (born 7 January 1957) is an Italian politician. He has been Vice President of

Alliance for Italy Alliance for Italy ( it, Alleanza per l'Italia; ApI) was a centrist political party in Italy. The party, which was described in its manifesto as "democratic, liberal, popular" as opposed both to "right-wing populism" and the "social-democratic l ...

, and is the former leader of the

Italian Democratic Socialists The Italian Democratic Socialists ( it, Socialisti Democratici Italiani, SDI) were a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party was the direct continuation of the Italian Socialists, the legal successor of the historical Italian Soci ...

and the modern-day

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...

, and former

President of Emilia-Romagna The President of Emilia-Romagna is the supreme authority of Emilia-Romagna. Election Originally appointed by the Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna, since 1995 ''de facto'' and 2000 ''de jure'', he is elected by popular vote every five years und ...

Biography

A former member of the historical

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 it one of the l ...

(PSI), Boselli was first elected as MP in 1994. After the dissolution of the PSI in 1994, he has been leader of the Italian Socialists and the

. He also served as

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

from 1999 to 2004 as member of the Group of the Party of European Socialists. From September 1999 to 2001, Boselli served as rapporteur for the second reading of the InfoSoc directive, having been named by the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market. He was one of the main minds behind his party's decision to join forces with the Italian Radicals of

Emma Bonino Emma Bonino (born 9 March 1948) is an Italian politician. A senator for Rome, she served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2014. Previously, she was a Member of the European Parliament and a member of the Chamber of Deputies. She serve ...

to found the

Rose in the Fist The Rose in the Fist ( it, Rosa nel Pugno, RnP) was a political alliance of parties in Italy. The RnP was composed of the Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI; a social-democratic party led by Enrico Boselli and Roberto Villetti), the Italian ...

, on the occasion of the 2006 general election. In 2007 he founded the new

, with whom he participated in the 2008 general election, but obtained only 0.9% of the vote. In December 2010, Boselli joined the

centrist Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to Left-w ...

party

, and became vice-president not long after.

References

1957 births Living people Politicians from Bologna Presidents of Emilia-Romagna MEPs for Italy 1999–2004 Italian Socialist Party politicians Italian Democratic Socialists MEPs Alliance for Italy politicians Italian Socialists politicians {{Italy-MEP-stub