Piero Badaloni (born 8 September 1946) is an Italian journalist and politician,

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from 1995 to 2000.

Biography

Journalistic career

Badaloni began his journalistic career in 1971 in

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, dealing with reports and surveys. For the services on the Irpinia earthquake, he was awarded in 1980 with the "chronicler of the year" award by the national Union of Italian chroniclers. From 1981 to 1984 and from 1991 to 1995, Badaloni was one of the hosts of

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. Badaloni has also been the author and host of a series of journalistic programs, such as ''

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''. After his term as

ended, Badaloni returned to

and becomes a correspondent from the

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office, then from

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, and finally from

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. Finally, from 2009 to 2011, Badaloni has been the correspondent from the

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office. Since February 2017, Badaloni is hosting the

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''Avanti il prossimo'' on

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President of Lazio

At the 1995 regional election, Badaloni, who was very close to the Italian People's Party, became the

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candidate for the office of

and is elected, defeating the

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candidate

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. He seeks for re-election at the 2000 regional election, but is defeated by the

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candidate and

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leader

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Badaloni, Piero 1946 births Living people Presidents of Lazio 20th-century Italian politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Italian journalists