Gianpiero D'Alia (born 22 September 1966) is an Italian politician.

Early life and education

Gianpiero D'Alia was born on 22 September 1966 in

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. His father was the former

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(DC) deputy Salvatore D'Alia. He graduated in law at the

University of Messina The University of Messina (; Latin: ''Studiorum Universitas Messanae''), known colloquially as UniME, is a state university located in Messina, Sicily, Italy. Founded in 1548 by Pope Paul III, it was the world's first Jesuit college, and today it ...

, and became a cassationist lawyer.

Career

D'Alia started his career among the ranks of the DC. When the DC was dissolved, he joined the

Christian Democratic Centre The Christian Democratic Centre (, CCD) was a Christian-democratic political party in Italy from 1994 to 2002. Formed from a right-wing split from Christian Democracy, the party joined the centre-right coalition, and was a member of the European ...

(CCD). With the CCD, he was elected to the

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for the first time in the

2001 Italian general election The 2001 Italian general election was held in Italy on 13 May 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. The election was won by the centre-right coalition House of Freedoms led by Silvio Berlusconi, defea ...

. He then joined the Union of the Centre (UdC) in 2002. In 2005, D'Alia became Undersecretary to the

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in the

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. In the

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, he was re-elected as a Deputy. He was elected in the constituency of

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a member of the Senate of the Republic in the

2008 Italian general election A snap election was held in Italy on 13–14 April 2008. The election came after President of Italy, President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved the Italian Parliament on 6 February 2008, following the 2008 Italian political crisis, defeat of the gov ...

. In the

2013 Italian general election General elections were held in Italy on 24 and 25 February 2013 to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy), Senate of the Republic for ...

D’Alia was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies and together with the other members of the UdC joined the

Civic Choice Civic Choice (; SC) was a centrist and liberal political party in Italy founded by Mario Monti. The party was formed in the run-up of the 2013 general election to support the outgoing Prime Minister Monti and continue his political agenda. In t ...

(SC) group. In December 2013, he and the others left the SC group to found the new group called

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. On 22 March 2014, D’Alia was appointed as president of the UdC, after losing the race for secretary against

Lorenzo Cesa Lorenzo Cesa (born 16 August 1951) is an Italian politician and the current Secretary of the Union of the Centre. Biography Cesa graduated in Political Science from the LUISS University in Rome. He was manager of important companies and bank ...

in the fourth national congress of the party. In 2015, D'Alia joined the

Popular Area Popular Area (, AP) was a centre-right and mainly Christian-democratic coalition, which included two parliamentary groups active in each house of the Italian Parliament: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. "Popular" was a reference to ''popol ...

(AP) group, together with the other UdC deputies. On 2 November 2016, Cesa suspended D'Alia from the party and referred him to arbitrators, accusing him of highly offensive statements against the same party. He had declared a few days before "the UdC is dead". D'Alia left the UdC to launch Centrists for Sicily (CpS), a new party formed in the

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(ARS). In 2017, he became the coordinator of

Centrists for Europe Centrists for Europe (; CpE) is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy. The party was launched, as Centrists for Italy (; CpI), by splinters from the Union of the Centre in December 2016 and officially founded, with its final name, in F ...

(CpE), the new party launched by

Pier Ferdinando Casini Pier Ferdinando Casini (; born 3 December 1955) is an Italian politician. He served as President of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2006. Casini is the honorary president of the Centrist Democra ...

References

External links

Official website
(in Italian) {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Alia, Gianpiero 1966 births Centrists for Europe politicians Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians Christian Democratic Centre politicians Deputies of Legislature XIV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Government ministers of Italy Living people Politicians from Messina Senators of Legislature XVI of Italy Union of the Centre (2002) politicians