Stefano Caldoro (born 13 December 1960 in

Campobasso Campobasso (, ; nap, label= Campobassan, Cambuàsce ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sann ...

, Molise) is an Italian politician. He is the current leader of the

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Biography

Stefano Caldoro was born on 3 December 1960 in

. His father was the former socialist deputy Antonio Caldoro. He has a degree in Political Science. In 1985 he was elected in the Regional Council of Campania, where he has held the position of Chairman of the Planning and Territory Commission and the position of Group's leader of the

Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-living parties of the country. Founded in Genoa in 1892, ...

. In the 1992 general election he was elected in the Chamber of Deputies. In 1994, after the dissolution of the Italian Socialist Party, Caldoro joined the centre-right coalition, led by

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. In 2001, Caldoro served as Undersecretary and then as Deputy Minister of Education, University and Research in the

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. Subsequently, he served as Minister for the Implementation of the Government Program in the

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. On 24 June 2007 Caldoro was appointed secretary of the

New Italian Socialist Party The New Italian Socialist Party or New PSI ( it, Nuovo Partito Socialista Italiano or ''Nuovo PSI'', NPSI), more recently styled as Liberal Socialists – NPSI, is a political party in Italy which professes a social-democratic ideology and claims t ...

. He held office until 2011, when he was appointed president of the same party. In the 2008 general election Caldoro was again elected in the Chamber of Deputies with

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 ...

. At the 2010 regional election Caldoro was elected President of Campania with 54.3% of the votes, defeating the Mayor of

Salerno Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...

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However, in the following regional election of 2015, he was defeated in turn by De Luca.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caldoro, Stefano 1960 births Living people People from Campobasso Italian Socialist Party politicians Reformist Socialist Party politicians Socialist Party (Italy, 1996) politicians Forza Italia politicians New Italian Socialist Party politicians The People of Freedom politicians Forza Italia (2013) politicians Government ministers of Italy Deputies of Legislature XI of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy Politicians of Molise