Romano Prodi is an Italian politician who served as President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004 and twice as Prime Minister of Italy,from 1996 to 1998,and again 2006 to 2008. Prodi is considered the founder of the Italian centre-left and one of the most prominent and iconic figures of the Second Republic. He is often nicknamed Il Professore due to his academic career.
Mani pulite was a nationwide judicial investigation into political corruption in Italy held in the early 1990s,resulting in the demise of the so-called "First Republic" and the disappearance of many Italian political parties. Some politicians and industry leaders committed suicide after their crimes were exposed. Antonio Di Pietro was the main judicial figure in charge of the investigation.
Giuliano Amato is an Italian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy,first from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2001. Upon Arnaldo Forlani's death in July 2023,Amato became the country's earliest-serving Prime Minister.
The Federation of the Greens,frequently referred to as Greens (Verdi),was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens.
Lamberto Dini is an Italian politician and economist. He was the Director General of Bank of Italy from 1979 to 1994,Minister of Treasury from 1994 to 1996,the 51st Prime Minister of Italy from 1995 to 1996,and Foreign Minister from 1996 to 2001.
Fausto Bertinotti is an Italian politician who led the Communist Refoundation Party from 1994 to 2006. On 29 April 2006,after the centre-left coalition's victory in the Italian general election,he was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies,a position he held until 2008.
Enrico Letta is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 2013 to February 2014,leading a grand coalition of centre-left and centre-right parties. He was the leader of the Democratic Party (PD) from March 2021 to March 2023.
Beniamino "Nino" Andreatta was an Italian economist and politician. He was a member of Christian Democrat,and one of the founders of the Italian People's Party in 1994 and of the Olive Tree coalition in 1996.
Umberto Veronesi was an Italian oncologist,physician,scientist and politician,internationally known for his contributions on prevention and treatment of breast cancer throughout a career spanning over fifty years.
The Federation of Green Lists or Green List was a green political party in Italy. Its members included Gianni Francesco Mattioli,Lino De Benetti,Gianfranco Amendola,Alexander Langer,Enrico Falqui,Sauro Turroni and Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio. The Green Lists used the Smiling Sun symbol of the anti-nuclear movement,which was inherited by its successor party,the Federation of the Greens.
Cesare Salvi is an Italian politician who served as minister of labor and social security.
Franco Reviglio is an Italian academic,businessman and socialist politician,who served in various capacities in the public administration of Italy.
Ivan Scalfarotto is an Italian politician and activist,committed to LGBT rights. A member of the Italian Parliament,he was a Deputy Minister at the Italian Ministry of Interior.
The Pentapartito,commonly shortened to CAF,refers to the coalition government of five Italian political parties that formed between June 1981 and April 1991. The pro-European and Atlanticist coalition comprised the Christian Democracy (DC),the Italian Socialist Party (PSI),Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI),Italian Liberal Party (PLI),and Italian Republican Party (PRI).
Marco Minniti is an Italian politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the government of Italy as Minister of the Interior from 12 December 2016 to 1 June 2018. Previously,he was one of the most prominent councilors of former Prime Ministers Matteo Renzi and Massimo D'Alema.
Sergio Costa is an Italian military official and politician,who served in the government of Italy as Minister of the Environment between 2018 and 2021. He is a member of the Five Star Movement.
Green Europe,officially Green Europe –Greens,is a green political party in Italy.
Vincenzo Spadafora is an Italian politician. A member of Together for the Future (IpF) and a former member of the Five Star Movement (M5S),he served as Minister for Youth Policies in the Conte government between 2019 and 2021.
Maurizio Pagani was an Italian engineer and politician who served as the minister of post and telecommunications during the period 1992–1994 in two successive cabinets,and as the mayor of Novara.
Giuseppe Guarino was an Italian law scholar and politician from the Christian Democracy (DC). He served as the minister of finance briefly in 1987 and minister of industry and minister of state holdings from 1992 and 1993.
