Luigi Zanda (born 28 November 1942) is an Italian politician, member of the Senate of the Republic and leader of the

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in the Senate.

Political career

Zanda was born in

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in 1942. After becoming a

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he started working for the

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(IRI). During 1970s Zanda joined the

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(DC) and cooperated with the Ministry of Public Administration. Then he became the spokesperson of the Christian democratic leader

Francesco Cossiga Francesco Maurizio Cossiga (; sc, Frantziscu Maurìtziu Còssiga, ; 1928 – 2010)
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. In 2003 Zanda was elected at the Italian Senate for

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, a centrist party, heir of the DC left-wing. In 2007 he was among the founding fathers of the centre-left

. On 19 March 2013, after the February's general election, he was elected by acclamation PD leader in the Senate.Luigi Zanda – Partito Democratico
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