The Union of the Centre,whose complete name is "Union of Christian and Centre Democrats",is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy.
Rocco Buttiglione is an Italian Union of Christian and Centre Democrats politician and an academic. Buttiglione's nomination for a post as European Commissioner with a portfolio that was to include civil liberties,resulted in controversy as some political groups opposed him for his conservative Catholic views on homosexuality,despite his assurances that these were only his personal convictions and would not dictate his administration.
The 2006 Italian general election was held on 9 and 10 April 2006. Romano Prodi,leader of the centre-left coalition The Union,narrowly defeated the incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi,leader of the centre-right coalition House of Freedoms. Initial exit polls suggested a victory for Prodi,but the results narrowed as the count progressed. On 11 April 2006,Prodi declared victory;Berlusconi never conceded defeat and an ensuing dispute formed.
Pier Ferdinando Casini is an Italian politician. He served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2006.
Christian Democracy for Autonomies was a minor Christian-democratic political party in Italy,led by Gianfranco Rotondi. Later incarnations of the party,also led by Rotondi,include Christian Revolution,Green is Popular and Christian Democracy with Rotondi.
Gianfranco Rotondi is an Italian politician. A member of the Italian Parliament since 1994,he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 1996,from 2001 to 2006,and since 2008,as well as a member of the Senate of the Republic from 2006 to 2008. He was also a Minister without Portfolio for the Implementation of the Government Program in the fourth Berlusconi government from 2008 to 2011.
The 2006 Italian presidential election was held on 8–10 May 2006. The result was the election of Giorgio Napolitano,the first time a former member of the Italian Communist Party had been elected to the presidency of the Italian Republic.
Bruno Tabacci is an Italian politician and member of the Chamber of Deputies. He is the president of the Democratic Centre. In the past,he was a member of Christian Democracy and served as the president of Lombardy from 1987 to 1989.
The Sardinian Reformers is a regionalist and liberal-conservative political party in Sardinia,led by Michele Cossa. The party,which has always been part of the centre-right at the Sardinian regional level,is a keen supporter of the free market,competition,globalization and a two-party system.
Christian Democracy is a minor Christian democratic and strongly social-conservative political party in Italy. The current leader of the party is Denis Martucci.
The Liberal Populars were a short-lived Christian-democratic political party in Italy (2008–2009),which currently functions as an internal faction of Identity and Action (IdeA).
The Politics of Sicily,Italy takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democracy,whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government,and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Sicilian Regional Assembly.
Renato Maria Giuseppe Schifani is an Italian politician who has served as the president of Sicily since 13 October 2022. Schifani was Silvio Berlusconi's chief whip and was a prominent member of the Senate of the Republic from 1996 to 2022. From 29 April 2008 to 14 March 2013,he was the president of the Senate of the Republic.
Alliance of the Centre,whose full name is Alliance of the Centre for the Territories,is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy.
Enrico Mentana is an Italian journalist and television presenter. He founded the Italian news programme TG5 and directed it from 1992 to 2004. In 2005,as Canale 5's editorial director,he conceived and curated the talk show Matrix until his resignation in 2009 due to a disagreement with the network. Since June 2010 he has been the director of the news programme TG La7. He is also the director of the online newspaper Open,which he founded in December 2018.
Gaetano Quagliariello is an Italian politician,former Minister of Constitutional Reforms and current leader of Identity and Action party.
Calogero Antonio Mannino is an Italian politician and lawyer. He has been a member of the Christian Democracy and the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats. He served in the cabinet of Prime Ministers Spadolini (1981–1982),Fanfani (1982–1983) and Andreotti (1991–1992). He was also member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy in Legislature VII (1976–1979),Legislature VIII (1979–1983),Legislature IX (1983–1987),Legislature X (1987–1992),Legislature XI (1992–1994) and Legislature XVI and member of the Senate in Legislature XV.
Giuseppe Drago was an Italian physician and politician. He was President of Sicily from January to November 1998.
Giuseppe De Mita is an Italian politician.
The 2020 Campanian regional election took place in Campania on 20 and 21 September 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020,but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
