Stefano Fassina (born 17 April 1966) is an Italian economist and politician, member of the

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and former member of the Italian

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. Since September 2018, he is the leader of the left-wing political association, Fatherland and Constitution.

Biography

Born in Rome, a former university leader of the Left Youth Organization in 1996, after graduating in economics from

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Fassina became consultant for the minister of Finance in the Prodi government. From 2002 to 2005 he worked at the

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. In November 2009, Fassina started his political career as coordinator on economic issues for the Democratic Party. He was elected member of the

in 2012. On 2 May 2013, Fassina became vice-minister for Economics and Finance in the

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government, but he was dismissed on 4 January 2014, in disagreement with the new Democratic Party leader

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's political line. In May 2015 he refused to support Prime Minister

's proposal for a new

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. On 23 June 2015 he announced his decision to leave the Democratic Party, saying Renzi was "taking the party too far to the right". He joined the

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. He has proposed a "controlled disintegration of the

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Publications

* Governare il mercato Le culture economiche del Partito democratico, 2013. * Il lavoro prima di tutto, 2014. * Lavoro e libertà, 2014.

References

* http://www.camera.it/leg17/29?tipoAttivita=&tipoVisAtt=&tipoPersona=&shadow_deputato=305806&idLegislatura=17 * http://www.donzelli.it/libro/1759/governare-il-mercato * https://web.archive.org/web/20140104214532/http://www.unita.it/italia/fassina-minaccia-le-dimissioni-br-io-all-oscuro-su-testo-stabilita-1.527876 * http://www.ilpost.it/2014/01/05/dimissioni-fassina/ * http://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/politica/11786046/Scuola--Fassina-in-piazza-contro.html * http://www.corriere.it/politica/15_giugno_24/pd-fassina-conferma-ieri-ho-lasciato-partito-6d19aea6-1a6e-11e5-9695-9d78fe24c748.shtml?refresh_ce-cp

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fassina, Stefano 1966 births Living people Italian Left politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Politicians from Rome Italian eurosceptics