Pierluigi Castagnetti (born 9 June 1945, in

Reggio nell'Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until Unification of Italy, 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romag ...

) is an Italian politician.

Biography

Graduated in Political science, in the 1970s he was collaborator of

Giuseppe Dossetti Giuseppe Dossetti (13 February 1913 – 15 December 1996) was an Italian jurist, a politician, and from 1958 onward, a Catholic priest. Political career Dossetti was born in Genoa, the son of a piedmontese pharmacist and a mother from Regg ...

, then of

Benigno Zaccagnini Benigno Zaccagnini (; 17 April 1912 – 5 November 1989) was an Italian politician and physician. Biography Born in Faenza, he graduated in Pediatrics in 1937. During World War II he acted as partisan, collaborating with Arrigo Boldrini in ...

and

Mino Martinazzoli Fermo "Mino" Martinazzoli (; 3 November 1931 – 4 September 2011) was an Italian lawyer, politician and former minister. He was the last secretary of the Christian Democracy party and the first secretary of the Italian People's Party founded ...

. In 1980 he was elected region councillor in

Emilia-Romagna egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title ...

and two years later he became regional secretary of

Christian Democracy Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...

. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the first time in the

1987 Italian general election The 1987 Italian general election was held in Italy on 14–15 June 1987.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1048 This election was the first Italian election in which the distance between the Christian ...

, Castagnetti was re-elected also in the general election of 1992, while in the

1994 European Parliament election The 1994 European Parliamentary election was a European election held across the 12 European Union member states in June 1994. This election saw the merge of the European People's Party and European Democrats, an increase in the overall number ...

he was elected MEP. In 1991, he was among the members of DC who voted against Italy's participation in the

Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...

. In the Italian People's Party's congress of 1997, Castagnetti was beaten by

Franco Marini Franco Marini (9 April 1933 – 9 February 2021) was an Italian politician and a prominent member of the centre-left Democratic Party. From 2006 to 2008, he was the president of the Senate. Biography Trade unionist Marini was born in San Pio ...

for the appointment as secretary of the party, but in 1999 he managed to become the party's leader by beating

Dario Franceschini Dario Franceschini (; born 19 October 1958) is an Italian lawyer, writer, and politician, member of the Democratic Party (PD), of which he briefly became leader in 2009. Franceschini served as Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and To ...

and

Ortensio Zecchino Ortensio Zecchino (born 20 April 1943) is an Italian academic and politician, former Minister of University and Research. Biography After teaching History of Medieval Institutions at the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples, Zecchino joi ...

. Re-elected deputy in the

2001 Italian general election The 2001 Italian general election was held in Italy on 13 May 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. The election was won by the centre-right coalition House of Freedoms led by Silvio Berlusconi, defeati ...

, in 2002 he disbanded the PPI to join

Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy ( it, Democrazia è Libertà – La Margherita, DL), commonly known simply as The Daisy (''La Margherita''), was a centrist political party in Italy. The party was formed from the merger of three parties within ...

, a new party led by

Francesco Rutelli Francesco Rutelli (born 14 June 1954) is an Italian journalist and former politician, who is the president of '' Anica'', National Association of Film and Audiovisual Industry, since October 2016. He also chairs the "Centro per un Futuro Sosteni ...

. In 2002 he was returned to judgment to trial with the charge of corruption, but on 15 April 2003, the Preliminary Judge granted him the attenuating and declared the offense prescribed. Elected deputy also in the 2006 and 2008 general election, in 2011 Castagnetti announced his intention not to stand for re-election to encourage political renewal. From 2006 to 2008 he was Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies, while from 2008 to 2013 he was President of the ''Council for the Permissions to proceed'' of the Chamber. He is member of the head of

House of European History The House of European History (HEH) is a history museum and cultural institution in Brussels, Belgium, focusing on the history of Europe. It is an initiative by the European Parliament, and was proposed in 2007 by the Parliament's then-presid ...

.A Bruxelles nasce la Casa della storia europea. Castagnetti: “un museo 2.0 per riavvicinarci all’Ue”
/ref>

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Castagnetti Pierluigi Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy politicians Italian People's Party (1994) politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians MEPs for Italy 1994–1999 1945 births Living people Deputies of Legislature X of Italy Deputies of Legislature XI of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy