Gian Mario Spacca (born 16 February 1953) is an Italian politician who was the

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of the

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from 2005 to 2015.

Biography

Gian Mario Spacca was born in Fabriano on 16 February 1953. In 1976 he graduated from

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with a degree in Political Science. His thesis director in Criminal Law and Procedure was

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. In 1979 he joined the Research Department of the ''Merloni Finanziaria S.p.A.'' as a manager. He served on the board of directors of the Aristide Merloni Foundation and was coordinator of cultural activities and research from 1982 to 1990. Since 1982 he has been editor of the magazine ''Economia Marche'', published by ''Il Mulino''. From 1993 to 2000 he was Vice President of the Foundation ''Gioventù Chiesa e Speranza'' that collaborates in the organization and execution of

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. In 1990 he was elected member of the Regional Council of

and became Chairman of the Committee on Planning and The Environment. In 1993 he was named Councillor for Crafts, Industry, Professional Training and Labour. In 1995 he was re-elected and nominated Councillor for Productive Activities. After being re-elected in 2000, he was nominated Vice-Chair of the Regional Government. He was affiliated with the centrist

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party. On 4 April 2005 he was elected President of Marche for the centre-left

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coalition (of which Margherita was a member), with 57.75% of the vote or 499,793 votes. He also represented Marche on the European Union's Committee of Regions. On 29 March 2010 he was re-elected as President of the region with 53.17% of the vote. He was affiliated to the

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(PD) into which the major components of The Union coalition merged in 2007, and formally became a member of the party in 2012. In the run-up to the 2015 regional election, he left the DP and ran independently, as head of the centrist "project"

Marche 2020 Marche 2020 – Party of Marche ( it, Marche 2020 – Partito delle Marche, M20 or M2020) is a regional centrist and Christian-democratic political party in Marche, Italy. The party was formed, out of an association, in December 2014 by Gian Mar ...

which ran joint lists with the centre-right

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alliance. His candidacy for reelection was also supported by centre-right

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, but not his former party PD. He was defeated by the official PD candidate

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by a wide margin and was placed fourth, even behind the candidates of

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and

Lega Nord Marche Lega Marche ( en, Marche League), whose complete name is ( en, Marche League for Salvini Premier), is a regionalist political party active in Marche. The party was a "national" section of Lega Nord (LN) from 1991 to 2000 and has been the regiona ...

. His presidential ballot won only 14.2% of the votes, and only 4.0% voted for his Marche 2020 list (most votes for his presidential bid coming from Forza Italia voters).

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spacca, Gian Mario 1953 births Living people Presidents of Marche Democratic Party (Italy) politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Sapienza University of Rome alumni People from the Province of Ancona