Mario Tassone (born 8 August 1943 in

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, Calabria) is an Italian politician and lawyer.

Biography

Tassone was member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1976 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2013. He served as Undersecretary to the Ministry of Public Works in the

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and Second Craxi government and in the Sixth Fanfani government. He also served as Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in the

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and

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. He was member of the

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until its dissolution, subsequently he joined the PPI, the CDU and the

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. On 11 May 2013, Tassone, in disagreement with the strategies of the Union of the Centre for the alliance with

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, called the national council of the CDU. After being referred to the arbitrators by the party's Calabrian regional committee, he left the UDC and founded the New CDU.Rinasce il Cdu e Mario Tassone è il segretario
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