The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic political party in Italy. Positioned on the centre-left,the DS,successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party,was formed in 1998 upon the merger of the PDS with several minor parties. A member of The Olive Tree coalition,the DS was successively led by Massimo D'Alema,Walter Veltroni,and Piero Fassino,and merged with Democracy is Freedom –The Daisy and a number of minor centre-left parties to form the Democratic Party in October 2007.
Gavino Angius is an Italian politician.
The 1992 Italian general election was held on 5 and 6 April 1992. They were the first without the traditionally second most important political force in Italian politics,the Italian Communist Party (PCI),which had been disbanded in 1991. Most of its members split between the more democratic-socialist oriented Democratic Party of the Left (PDS),while a minority who did not want to renounce the communist tradition became the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC);however,between them they gained around 4% less than what the already declining PCI had obtained in the 1987 Italian general election,despite PRC absorbing the disbanded Proletarian Democracy (DP).
Gerardo Chiaromonte was an Italian communist politician,engineer,journalist,and writer.
Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa is an Italian politician who is serving as President of the Senate of the Republic since 13 October 2022. He is the first politician with a neo-fascist background to hold the position of President of the Senate,the second highest-ranking office of the Italian Republic.
The Legislature I of Italy was the 1st legislature of the Italian Republic,and lasted from 8 May 1948 until 24 June 1953. Its composition was the one resulting from the general election of 18 April 1948.
The Legislature VII of Italy was the 7th legislature of the Italian Republic,and lasted from 5 July 1976 until 19 June 1979. Its composition was the one resulting from the general election of 20 June 1976.
The Ciampi Cabinet,led by the former Governor of the Bank of Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi,was the 50th cabinet of the Italian Republic and the second and final cabinet of the XI Legislature. It held office from 29 April 1993 until 11 May 1994,a total of 378 days,or 1 year and 12 days.
The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist political party in Italy that emerged from a split of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1991. The party's secretary is Maurizio Acerbo,who replaced Paolo Ferrero in 2017. Armando Cossutta was the party's founder,while Fausto Bertinotti its longest-serving leader (1994–2008). The latter transformed the PRC from a traditional communist party into a collection of radical social movements.
Teresa Bellanova is an Italian politician and trade unionist,who served as Minister of Agriculture from September 2019 to January 2021 in the government of Giuseppe Conte. In 2018,she was elected in the Italian Senate for the Democratic Party (PD),but in 2019 she joined Italia Viva (IV),the new movement of Matteo Renzi. Bellanova was also a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2006 to 2018.
Anna Milva Boselli is a former Italian politician. She was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1983 to 1992,representing the Italian Communist Party,the Democratic Party of the Left and the Democrats of the Left.
Aureliana Alberici is an Italian academic and former politician. She served as a Senator for the Italian Communist Party and the Democratic Party of the Left from 1987 to 1996.
Elisabetta Di Prisco is a former Italian politician. She was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Italian Communist Party and the Democratic Party of the Left between 1987 and 1994.
Vanda Dignani Grimaldi was an Italian politician. She was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Italian Communist Party and the Democratic Party of the Left. She was the first blind person to serve in the Italian parliament.
Rossella Artioli is an Italian teacher and former politician. She was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Italian Socialist Party.
Neide Maria Umidi Sala is a former Italian politician. She was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Italian Communist Party and the Democratic Party of the Left.
Anna Maria Bucciarelli is an Italian politician. She was a senator in the Senate of the Republic for the Democratic Party of the Left,the Alliance of Progressives and The Olive Tree.
Anna Filippa Sanna is an Italian teacher and a former politician. She was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Italian Communist Party and the Democratic Party of the Left between 1987 and 1994,before becoming the mayor of Sassari from 1995 to 2000 with the Democrats of the Left.
Anna Mainardi Fava was an Italian politician. She was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1983 to 1992,representing the Italian Communist Party and the Democratic Party of the Left.
The Legislature XIX of Italian Republic is the current legislature of the Italian Parliament,which started on 13 October 2022.
