Gianpiero D'Alia (born 22 September 1966) is an Italian politician.

Biography

Gianpiero D'Alia was born on 22 September 1966 in

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. His father was the former Christian Democratic deputy Salvatore D'Alia. He has a degree in law. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the first time in the 2001 general election. In 2005 he became Under-Secretary to the Ministry of the Interior in the

Berlusconi III Cabinet The third Berlusconi government was the cabinet of the government of Italy from 23 April 2005 to 17 May 2006. It was the 58th cabinet of the Italian Republic, and the second cabinet of the XIV Legislature. Formation House of Freedoms did not do ...

. In the 2006 general election he was re-elected as a Deputy, while in the 2008 election he was elected as a Senator in the constituency of Sicily. In the 2013 election D’Alia was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies and together with the other members of UDC joined the

Civic Choice Civic Choice ( it, Scelta Civica; SC) was a centrist and liberal political party in Italy founded by Mario Monti. The party was formed in the run-up of the 2013 general election to support the outgoing Prime Minister Monti and continue his polit ...

group. In December 2013, he and the others left the Civic Choice group to found the new group called

For Italy For Italy ( it, Per l'Italia, PI) was the name of two centrist and mainly Christian-democratic parliamentary groups active in each house of the Italian Parliament: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The groups were launched on 12 December 20 ...

. On 22 March 2014, D’Alia was appointed as President of the Union of the Centre, after losing the race for the charge of secretary against

Lorenzo Cesa Lorenzo Cesa (born 16 August 1951) is an Italian politician and the current Secretary of the Union of the Centre. Biography Cesa graduated in Political Science from the LUISS University in Rome. He was manager of important companies and bank ...

in the fourth national congress of the party. In 2015 he joined the

Popular Area Popular Area ( it, Area Popolare, AP) was a centre-right and mainly Christian-democratic coalition, which included two parliamentary groups active in each house of the Italian Parliament: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. "Popular" was a re ...

group, together with the other UDC deputies. On 2 November 2016 the national UDC secretary Lorenzo Cesa suspended D'Alia from the party and referred him to arbitrators, accusing him of highly offensive statements against the same party. He had declared a few days before "The UDC is dead". So D'Alia left the UDC to launch

Centrists for Sicily Centrists for Sicily ( it, Centristi per la Sicilia, CpS) is a regional 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 polit ...

, a new party formed in the

Sicilian Regional Assembly The Sicilian Regional Assembly is the legislative body of Sicily. While it has a long history as an autonomous entity, the modern Region of Sicily was established by Royal Decree on 15 May 1946, before the Italian Republic. The Regional Assembly ...

. In 2017 he became the coordinator of

Centrists for Europe Centrists for Europe ( it, Centristi per l'Europa, CpE) is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy. The party was launched, as Centrists for Italy (''Centristi per l'Italia'', CpI), by splinters from the Union of the Centre in December 2 ...

, the new party launched by

Pier Ferdinando Casini Pier Ferdinando Casini (; born 3 December 1955) is an Italian politician. He served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2006. Casini is the honorary president of the Centrist Democrat International and the Inter-Parliamentary Un ...

.Casini lancia i "Centristi per l'Europa", D'Alia coordinatore
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Gianpiero D'Alia
{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Alia, Gianpiero 1966 births Living people Politicians from Messina Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians Christian Democratic Centre politicians Union of the Centre (2002) politicians Centrists for Europe politicians Government ministers of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XV of Italy Senators of Legislature XVI of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy