The politics of Italy are conducted through a parliamentary republic with a multi-party system. Italy has been a democratic republic since 2 June 1946,when the monarchy was abolished by popular referendum and a constituent assembly was elected to draft a constitution,which was promulgated on 1 January 1948.
Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic political party in Italy. The DC was founded on 15 December 1943 in the Italian Social Republic as the ideal successor of the Italian People's Party,which had the same symbol,a crusader shield. As a Catholic-inspired,centrist,catch-all party comprising both centre-right and centre-left political factions,the DC played a dominant role in the politics of Italy for fifty years,and had been part of the government from soon after its inception until its final demise on 16 January 1994 amid the Tangentopoli scandals. Christian Democrats led the Italian government continuously from 1946 until 1981. The party was nicknamed the "White Whale" due to its huge organisation and official colour. During its time in government,the Italian Communist Party was the largest opposition party.
Romano Prodi is an Italian politician,economist,academic,senior civil servant,and business executive who served as the tenth president of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. He served twice as Prime Minister of Italy,first from 18 May 1996 to 21 October 1998,and then from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008. Prodi is considered the founder of the Italian centre-left and one of the most prominent and iconic figures of the so-called Second Republic. He is often nicknamed Il Professore due to his academic career.
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.
Amintore Fanfani was an Italian politician and statesman,who served as 32nd prime minister of Italy for five separate terms. He was one of the best-known Italian politicians after the Second World War and a historical figure of the left-wing faction of Christian Democracy. He is also considered one of the founders of the modern Italian centre-left.
Democracy is Freedom –The Daisy,commonly known simply as The Daisy,was a centrist political party in Italy. The party was formed from the merger of three parties within the centre-left coalition:the Italian People's Party,The Democrats and Italian Renewal. The party president and leader was Francesco Rutelli,former mayor of Rome and prime ministerial candidate during the 2001 general election for The Olive Tree coalition,within which The Daisy electoral list won 14.5% of the national vote.
Piero Franco Rodolfo Fassino is an Italian politician with the Democratic Party. He was Mayor of Turin from 2011 until 2016 and is a former national secretary of the Democrats of the Left party.
Walter Veltroni is an Italian writer,film director,journalist,and politician,who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition,until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He served as Mayor of Rome from June 2001 to February 2008.
Francesco Rutelli is an Italian journalist and former politician,who is the president of ANICA National Association of Film and Audiovisual Industry,since October 2016 and re-elected for the 2020–2022 term,plus ANICA Servizi. He's the legal representative of MIA . He also chairs the "Centro per un Futuro Sostenibile". He was during 15 years co-president of the European Democratic Party,a centrist European political party. He has been Mayor of Rome 1994–2001,and president of the centrist party Democracy is Freedom –The Daisy 2002–2007. He was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and Tourism in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Romano Prodi 2006–2008. Currently he also chairs Incontro di Civiltà;Videocittà,Moving Images Festival;PrioritàCultura that gathers outstanding Italian personalities,engaged on Heritage conservation and promotion,contemporary arts,public-private partnership in the many fields of Culture.
Giorgio Napolitano is an Italian politician who served as president of Italy from 2006 to 2015,the first to be re-elected to the office. Due to his dominant position in Italian politics,some critics have sometimes referred to him as Re Giorgio. In office from 2006 to 2015,he is the longest-serving and longest-lived president in the history of the modern Italian Republic,which has been in existence since 1946.
Livia Turco is an Italian politician,member of the Democratic Party. She was a member of parliament between 1987–2013. Turco was Minister of Social Affairs in three governments between 1996–2001,and Minister of Health between 2006–2008.
Daniela Garnero Santanchè is an Italian entrepreneur and a politician. Between 2010 and 2011 she served as Undersecretary to the Ministry for the Implementation of the Government Program in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet. She is currently the regional coordinator of Brothers of Italy in Lombardy.
The second Prodi government was the cabinet of the government of Italy from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008,a total of 722 days,or 1 year,11 months and 21 days. The 59th cabinet of the Italian Republic,it was the only cabinet of the XV Legislature.
Claudio Burlando is an Italian politician,and was President of Liguria,until 31 March 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party,and a former Democrats of the Left member.
Dario Franceschini is an Italian lawyer,writer,and politician,member of the Democratic Party (PD),of which he briefly became leader in 2009. Franceschini served as Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism,a position that he held from February 2014 to June 2018 and again from September 2019 to October 2022,making him the longest-serving cultural heritage minister in the history of the Italian Republic. Franceschini also served as Minister for Parliamentary Relations from 2013 to 2014.
Ivan Pilip is a Czech politician and economist who was finance minister from June 1997 to July 1998,after having been the Minister of Education,Youth and Sport from 1994 to 1997.
Marina Sereni is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party (PD) who has been serving as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the governments of Prime Ministers Giuseppe Conte and Mario Draghi since 2019.
Ivan Scalfarotto is an Italian politician and activist,committed to LGBT rights. A member of the Italian Parliament,he is a Deputy Minister at the Italian Ministry of Interior.
Maurizio Martina is an Italian politician and member of the Chamber of Deputies,who served as secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) from March to November 2018,being appointed after the 2018 Italian general election. He served as Minister of Agricultural,Food and Forestry Policies since 22 February 2014,in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni. On 7 May 2017,he was elected Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party. Martina resigned as Agriculture Minister and took over as acting secretary of the PD after Matteo Renzi resigned following a poor election showing in 2018.
Paola De Micheli is an Italian manager and politician of the Democratic Party (PD),who served as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from 2019 until 2021;she was the first woman to hold the office.
