Gaetano Quagliariello (born 23 April 1960) is an Italian

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, former Minister of Constitutional Reforms and current leader of Identity and Action party.

Biography

Quagliariello was born in

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in 1960. During the University he was a member of the youth wing of the Italian Republican Party. In 1980s he became a member of the Radical Party led by Marco Pannella. In 1994 he joined Forza Italia, the

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party of the media tycoon

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and after the 2006 general election he was elected member of the

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. After the formation of the People of Freedom, he joined it and was again re-elected after the general election in 2008. After the 2013 election he was appointed Minister of Constitutional Reforms in the

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led by Enrico Letta. After the reborn of Forza Italia, Quagliariello followed the Interior Minister

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, forming new political party called

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, in support of Letta's

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. On 13 February 2014, following tensions with his left-wing rival and new Secretary of the Democratic Party, Matteo Renzi, Letta announced he would resign as Prime Minister the following day. On 22 February Renzi sworn in as new Prime Minister but Quagliariello, differently from the others NCD ministers, was not re-confirmed.

References

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