Giuseppe De Mita (born 27 April 1968) is an Italian politician and a nephew of former

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Biography

Giuseppe De Mita is the son of Michele De Mita, brother of former

and leader of the

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. He graduated in Law at the

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in 1994 and became a lawyer.

Political career

De Mita has been a member of the

, of the Italian People's Party and

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, with which he is elected city councilor in

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in 2004. From 2007 to 2008, De Mita has been the secretary of the

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in the

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, until he left the party together with his uncle Ciriaco, joining the Union of the Centre, with which he ran unsuccessfully for the

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during the 2008 general election. After having been for one year, from 2009 to 2010, Vicepresident of the

, De Mita has been appointed Vicepresident of

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and Regional Councilor for Tourism and Cultural Heritage by the President of Campania

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, a member of the

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. He held the office until 2013, when he is elected to the

at the 2013 general election. In 2017, De Mita left the UDC, having opposed to an alliance between his party and the

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and hoping to build an alliance with the

, and founded the movement

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, federated in the

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. He ran again for the

at the 2018 general election, but failed the election.

References

External links

*Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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legislature {{DEFAULTSORT:De Mita, Giuseppe 1968 births Living people People from Avellino Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians Italian People's Party (1994) politicians Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Union of the Centre (2002) politicians 20th-century Italian politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore alumni