Rocco Girlanda (born January 31, 1966) is an Italian politician. He is also an entrepreneur, journalist and media proprietor. A native of

Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. History The city's origins are very ancient. ...

, he owns the Italian publishing house ''Corriere'', whose publications include several important newspapers. From 2009 to 2011 he was President of the Italy-USA Foundation, a non-profit organization based in

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

. The

Embassy of the United States in Rome The Embassy of the United States of America in Rome is the diplomatic mission of the United States of America to the Italian Republic. The embassy's chancery is situated in the Palazzo Margherita, Via Vittorio Veneto, Rome. The United States also ...

officially attended the establishment of the Foundation, represented by the Minister Counselor for Public Affairs. He is a member of the

People of Freedom The People of Freedom ( it, Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL, launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007, was initially a federation of political parties, notably including Forza Italia a ...

Party, was elected to the Italian

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...

in 2008, and is currently a member of the Judiciary Committee. On Sunday December 13, 2009, he met with the American prisoner

Amanda Knox Amanda Marie Knox (born July 9, 1987) is an American author, activist, and journalist. She spent almost four years in an Italian prison following her wrongful conviction for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, a fellow exchange student with ...

in Capanne prison on the outskirts of

Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...

, and went on to write a book about his talks with her. In January 2010 he proposed designating December 21 "National Day of the Victims of Political Hatred", in remembrance of the 13 December 2009 aggression directed towards

Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies ...

in Milan.

Works

*''Take me with you - Talks with Amanda Knox in prison'', Piemme, 2010,

References

External links

Italian Chamber of Deputies - Rocco GirlandaPersonal website of Hon. Rocco Girlanda
{{DEFAULTSORT:Girlanda, Rocco 1966 births United Christian Democrats politicians Forza Italia politicians The People of Freedom politicians New Centre-Right politicians Living people People from Gubbio Italian journalists Italian male journalists Italian male writers