Andrea Ronchi (born 3 August 1955) is an Italian politician, former

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Biography

Andrea Ronchi was born in

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 pa ...

, Umbria. He graduated in

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

and worked as journalist. He was a founding member of the National Alliance party. In 2001, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. He was reelected in 2006 as a member of

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 ...

. In 2005, he was appointed by Gianfranco Fini as National Spokesman for National Alliance. He served as Minister of European Affairs into the Berlusconi IV Cabinet from 2008 to 2010. In 2010 Ronchi left

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 ...

and joined

Future and Freedom Future and Freedom ( it, Futuro e Libertà), whose full name was Future and Freedom for Italy (''Futuro e Libertà per l'Italia'', abbreviated to FLI), was a political party in Italy, comprising both liberal and national conservative elements. F ...

, the new party founded by Fini. Shortly after having been appointed as chairman of the National Assembly of the Future and Freedom party on 13 February 2011, Ronchi and other party leaders, like

Adolfo Urso Adolfo Urso (born 12 July 1957 in Padua, Veneto) is an Italian politician and journalist. Biography Son of Sicilian parents, after studying in Acireale and Catania, Urso graduated in sociology at the "La Sapienza" University of Rome. He wa ...

, criticized Gianfranco Fini for allegedly departing from

centre-right Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and ...

values. Ronchi resigned on 18 May and left the party on 9 July, upon

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 ...

's appointment as secretary of

, and founded a new centre-right association,

FareItalia FareItalia (translation: MakeItaly) was an Italian conservative political association. The group was founded in April 2011 by Adolfo Urso, Andrea Ronchi and Giuseppe Scalia as a "moderate" faction within Future and Freedom (FLI) in opposition to ...

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1955 births Living people People from Perugia Italian Social Movement politicians National Alliance (Italy) politicians The People of Freedom politicians Future and Freedom politicians Government ministers of Italy {{Italy-politician-ThePeopleofFreedom-stub