Domenico Fisichella

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Domenico Fisichella
Domenico Fisichella datisenato 2006.jpg
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities
In office
10 May 1994 –17 January 1995
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Alma mater University of Perugia
OccupationAcademic

Domenico Fisichella (born 15 September 1935) [1] is an Italian academic and politician, who served as culture minister in the first Berlusconi government from 1994 to 1995. [2]

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Career

Fisichella taught political science at Sapienza University of Rome and the Luiss Business School. [3] He wrote for Rome daily Il Tempo . [3]

He was a founding member of the right-wing National Alliance. [4] [5] He was the constitutional advisor of Gianfranco Fini, the leader of the party. [6] [7] He was appointed minister of culture to the first cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi on 10 May 1994. [8] Fisichella replaced Alberto Ronchey in the post. [9] Fisichella's ministerial term ended in December 1994 when the cabinet resigned. [10]

In 1994, Fisichella became a member of the Senate of the Republic and served there until 2008. [11] He became an independent senator [12] when he left the National Alliance in January 1996. [7] He served as the deputy speaker of the Italian senate for ten years. [11] After leaving politics, he continued to work at the University of Florence and Sapienza University of Rome, and as of 2012 he was also a lecturer at Luiss University of Rome. [13]

Views

Fisichella was the ideologue of the National Alliance and a monarchist. [14]

Controversy

Although Fisichella is a distinguished and leading political scientist in international academic circles, his appointment as culture minister caused serious concerns in the international press. [15]

Works

Fisichella is the author of several books, including Istituzioni politiche. Struttura e pensiero (1999); Denaro e democrazia. Dall’antica Grecia all’economia globale (2000); Politica e mutamento sociale (2002) and Elezioni e democrazia. Un’analisi comparata (2003). [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Domenico Fisichella". Corriere Della Sera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Ciccone, Vincenzo (26 April 2015). "Fisichella domani all'Unimol". PrimoPiano Molise (in Italian). Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 Peggy Polk (14 May 1994). "New Italy Leaders Prefer'Post-fascist' Label". Chicago Tribune. Rome. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Carlo Ruzza; Stefano Fella (2009). Re-Inventing The Italian Right: Territorial Politics, Populism And 'post-fascism'. Milton Park: Routledge. p. 245. ISBN   978-0-415-34461-6.
  5. ↑ John Hooper (11 November 2004). "New gay row erupts in Italy". The Guardian. Rome. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  6. ↑ Peter Davies; Derek Lynch, eds. (2002). The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right . London; New York: Routledge. p.  208. ISBN   978-0-203-99472-6.
  7. 1 2 Andrew Gumbel (30 January 1996). "Right wing prolongs Italy's political agony". The Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "List of ministers in Italy's 53rd postwar government". Associated Press. 10 May 1994. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Rome has a Show of Stolen Artworks to Highlight a Fight". The New York Times. 25 May 1994. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  10. ↑ David Forgacs (1996). "Cultural consumption, 1940s to 1990s". In Robert Lumley (ed.). Italian Cultural Studies: An Introduction. Oxford, England: OUP. p. 304. ISBN   9780198715085.
  11. 1 2 3 "About Domenico Fisichella". ECPR Press. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  12. ↑ Mu Xuequan (24 January 2008). "Italian gov't looks set to collapse". Xinhua. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  13. ↑ Giuseppe Terranova (29 June 2012). "European neo-populism at the crossroads". west-info.eu. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  14. ↑ Patricia Clough (26 June 1994). "Right wing in Rome turns back the sundial: Greenaway spectacle banned". The Independent. Rome. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  15. ↑ Paolo Tripod (June 1998). "The National Alliance and the Evolution of the Italian Right". Contemporary Review. 272 (1589). ISSN   0010-7565.
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