Paolo Bonaiuti (7 July 1940 – 16 October 2019) was an Italian politician and journalist.

Biography

Born in Florence, Bonaiuti graduated in Law. He was English teacher and worked as a copywriter in the field of advertising. He was also head of the economic service of the newspaper Il Giorno and since 1975 he was a special correspondent, first for economics and finance, then for international political events. In 1984 he entered

Il Messaggero ''Il Messaggero'' (Italian : "The Messenger") is an Italian newspaper based in Rome, Italy. It has been in circulation since 1878. History and profile ''Il Messaggero'' was founded in December 1878. On 1 January 1879, the first issue of ''Il M ...

as an envoy and as a columnist, following above all the G7 summits, the war events and investigations of the Europe's changes. In 1992 he became deputy director of the newspaper. He has also collaborated with the BBC, with the RSI and with other foreign media. In 1996 Bonaiuti joined

Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...

and was elected Deputy. Re-elected in 2001, he served as Undersecretary of State in the

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and in the

third Berlusconi government 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 ...

. From 2008 to 2011 he served as spokesman of the

fourth Berlusconi government The fourth Berlusconi government was the 60th government of Italy, in office from 8 May 2008 to 16 November 2011. It was the fourth government led by Silvio Berlusconi, who then became the longest-serving Prime Minister of Italy of the Italian Re ...

. After four legislatures as Deputy, in 2013 Bonaiuti was elected Senator with The People of Freedom. In November 2013 he joined the reborn

, but on 21 April 2014 he left it to join the

New Centre-Right New Centre-Right ( it, Nuovo Centrodestra, NCD) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The party was launched on 15 November 2013 by a group of dissidents of The People of Freedom (PdL) who opposed the party's transformation into Forza Ita ...

led by

Angelino Alfano Angelino Alfano (; born 31 October 1970) is an Italian former politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 12 December 2016 to 1 June 2018. Alfano was Minister of the Interior from 28 April 2013 to 12 December 2016, serving in the g ...

.Bonaiuti ufficializza l’addio a Berlusconi: “Lascio Forza Italia, resto nel centrodestra”
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonaiuti, Paolo 1940 births 2019 deaths Politicians from Florence Forza Italia politicians The People of Freedom politicians Forza Italia (2013) politicians New Centre-Right politicians Popular Alternative politicians Deputies of Legislature XIII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy Senators of Legislature XVII of Italy Journalists from Florence