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.
Béla Markó is a Romanian politician and writer of Hungarian ethnicity. The former leader of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR),he was also the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania in the second cabinet of Emil Boc from 2009 to 2012;he had also been Minister of State in the first cabinet of Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu between 2004 and 2007,in charge of culture,education and research and European integration.
Pier Luigi Bersani is an Italian politician and was Secretary of the Democratic Party (PD),Italy's leading centre-left party,from 2009 to 2013. Bersani was Minister of Industry,Commerce and Craftmanship from 1996 to 1999,President of Emilia-Romagna from 1993 to 1996,Minister of Transport from 1999 to 2001,and Minister of Economic Development from 2006 to 2008.
Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie,known in France as MAM,is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the Republicans,part of the European People's Party. A member of all right-wing governments formed in the 1980s,1990s and 2000s,she was the first woman in France to hold the portfolios of Defense (2002–2007),the Interior (2007–2009) and Foreign Affairs (2010–2011);she has also been in charge of Youth and Sports (1993–1995) and Justice (2009–2010),and was granted the honorary rank of Minister of State in her last two offices.
An independent politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent.
Ansgar Gabrielsen is a Norwegian consultant and former politician for the Conservative Party.
Claudio Scajola is an Italian politician who is the mayor of Imperia since 2018 and the president of the province of Imperia since 2021.
The Democrats was a centrist and social-liberal political party in Italy.
Mario Clemente Mastella is an Italian politician who has been the mayor of Benevento since 20 June 2016. He also served as leader of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR),a minor centrist and Christian-democratic Italian party. Mastella,who began his career in the Christian Democracy (DC) party,being elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1976,is known for his trasformismo,changing over his career many political parties and affiliations.
Dale Allison Graham is a former politician in New Brunswick,Canada. He served as an MLA from 1993 to 2014,as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 2010 to 2014,and as a member of the provincial cabinet from 1999 to 2006.
François Michel Édouard Rebsamen is a French politician who has been serving as Minister for Territorial Development and Decentralization in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou since 2024.
Salvatore "Salvo" Andò is an Italian academic and politician. He was the minister of defence between 1992 and 1993.
Saimir Tahiri is a convicted Albanian politician,who served as the Minister of Interior Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Edi Rama from 2013 to 2017.
Umberto Tupini was an Italian politician. He was minister of public works (1947–1950) in the Government of Italy. He was the mayor of Rome (1956–1958). He served in the Senate of Italy in Legislature I (1948–1953),Legislature II (1953–1958),Legislature III (1958–1963) and Legislature IV (1963–1968). He was a knight grand cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Umberto Scapagnini was an Italian politician,former mayor of Catania.
Raffaele Stancanelli is an Italian politician.
Salvatore Domenico Antonio Pogliese is an Italian politician,Mayor of Catania from 2018 to 2022.
Vannino Chiti is an Italian politician,former president of Tuscany and Minister for Constitutional Reforms and Parliamentary Relations.
Enrico La Loggia is an Italian politician,former Minister of Regional Affairs from 2001 to 2006.
Vincenzo "Enzo" Amendola is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party (PD). On 5 September 2019,Amendola was appointed Minister for European Affairs in the Conte II Cabinet.
