Ilario Lanivi (born 16 April 1939) is an Italian politician from the

Aosta Valley , Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = Official languages , population_blank1 = Italian French ...

who has been highly involved in the formation of a number of political parties. He started his political career with the

Christian Democrats __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...

Biography

Lanivi parted ways with them in 1970 when a faction broke off to form the left-wing

Popular Democrats The Popular Democrats (''Democratici Popolari'', DP) was a Christian-leftist Italian political party active in the Aosta Valley of Italy. Its leading members included Cesare Dujany, Maurizio Martin and Angelo Pollicini. The party emerged by a l ...

, which merged with the Progressive Valdostan Union in 1984 to become

Progressive Democratic Autonomists The Progressive Democratic Autonomists (french: Autonomistes démocrates progressistes, ADP) was a social-liberal and Christian-leftist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. Its leading members included Cesare Dujany, Maurizio Martin ...

, of which Lanivi was a leading member. On 9 March 1991 Lanivi and Amato Maquignaz founded a new political party, the

Independent Autonomists The Independent Autonomists (''Autonomisti Indipendenti'', AI) was a social-liberal Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. It was founded in March 1991 by Ilario Lanivi, ex-leading member of the Progressive Democratic Autonomists, and ...

. In April 1992, Lanivi was elected president of the Aosta Valley region, heading a coalition composed by the

Valdostan Union The Valdostan Union (french: Union valdôtaine, UV), also Valdostian Union or Valdotanian Union is a regionalist and centrist political party in Aosta Valley, Italy. It represents mainly the Arpitan-speaking minority in the region. Former leade ...

, the

Democratic Party of the Left The Democratic Party of the Left ( it, Partito Democratico della Sinistra, PDS) was a democratic socialist and social-democratic political party in Italy. Founded in February 1991 as the post-communist evolution of the Italian Communist Party, ...

, the

Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-living parties of the country. Founded in Genoa in 1892, ...

, the Progressive Democratic Autonomists and the

Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party ( it, Partito Repubblicano Italiano, PRI) is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Italy. Founded in 1895, the PRI is the oldest political party still active in Italy. The PRI has old roots and a long histo ...

. In 1993, Lanivi founded

For Aosta Valley For Aosta Valley (french: Pour la Vallée d'Aoste, PVdA) was a social-liberal and Christian-leftist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. It was founded in 1993 by Cesare Dujany, former leader of the Popular Democrats, and Ilario Lani ...

together with

Cesare Dujany Cesare Dujany or César Dujany (20 February 1920 in Saint-Vincent (Aosta Valley , Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman) , population_note = , populat ...

, former leader of the Popular Democrats. In 2007, Lanivi and

Augusto Rollandin Augusto Arduino Rollandin (born 13 June 1949 in Brusson, Aosta Valley, Italy) is an Italian politician and veterinarian. He is a member of the Valdostan Union, a center-right, pro-autonomy Italian political party active in the Aosta Valley. Caree ...

were found guilty of mismanaging public transportation funds in the valley and fined EUR 300,000 and EUR 480,000 respectively

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