The Federation of the Greens,frequently referred to as Greens (Verdi),was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens.
Italy of Values is a populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party was founded in 1998 by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro,who entered politics in 1996 and finally left the party in 2014. IdV has aimed at gathering and giving voice to different sectors of the Italian society. From the beginning of its existence one of its major issues has been the so-called "moral issue". However,in early 2010s IdV was eclipsed by the new-born Five Star Movement,founded by comedian Beppe Grillo,which used the same populist and anti-corruption rhetoric.
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.
Nicola "Nichi" Vendola is an Italian left-wing politician and LGBT activist who was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Apulia from 1992 to 2005 and President of Apulia from 2005 to 2015. He is one of the first openly LGBT Italian politicians and the first openly LGBT heads of a regional government in Italy.
Lega Nord Toscana is a regionalist political party in Tuscany,Italy. Founded in 1987,it has functioned as the "national" section of Lega Nord in the region since 1991.
The Italian Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy.
A snap general election was held in Italy on 13–14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved Parliament on 6 February 2008,following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote of confidence and the unsuccessful tentative appointment of Franco Marini with the aim to change the current electoral law. Under Italian law,elections must be held within 70 days of the dissolution. The voting determined the leader of Italy's 62nd government since the end of World War II. The coalition led by ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from The People of Freedom party defeated that of former Mayor of Rome,Walter Veltroni of the Democratic Party.
Massimo D'Alema is an Italian politician who was the 53rd prime minister of Italy from 1998 to 2000. Later he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2008. He is also a journalist and served for a time as national secretary of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS). Sometimes media refers to him as Leader Maximo,due to his first name Massimo,but also for his dominant position in the left-wing coalitions during the Second Republic. Earlier in his career he was a member of the Italian Communist Party,and he was the first former communist to become prime minister of a NATO country and yet the only former communist prime minister of Italy.
Dario Franceschini is an Italian lawyer,writer,and politician,member of the Democratic Party (PD),of which he briefly became leader in 2009. Since September 2019,Franceschini is serving as Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism,a position that he also held from February 2014 to June 2018,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.
Giorgia Meloni is an Italian politician. She has been the leader of the national-conservative party Brothers of Italy since 2014 and the president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party since 2020. She has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy since 2006. She served as Minister of Youth in Silvio Berlusconi's fourth government (2008-2011) and was president of Young Action first and then of Young Italy,the youth sections of National Alliance and People of Freedom respectively.
The 2013 Italian general election was held on 24 and 25 February 2013 to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 17th Parliament of the Italian Republic.
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 collector of radical social movements.
Lorenzo Guerini is an Italian politician,member of the Democratic Party. Guerini has been serving as Minister of Defence in the cabinets of successive Prime Ministers Giuseppe Conte and Mario Draghi since 5 September 2019. In March 2014,he was appointed by the Secretary of the Democratic Party,Matteo Renzi,Deputy Secretary along with Debora Serracchiani,a position that he held until May 2017. From 2005 to 2012 he served as Mayor of Lodi,his hometown.
Vincenzo De Luca is an Italian politician,member of the Democratic Party,currently serving as President of the Campania region since 18 June 2015. De Luca also served as Mayor of Salerno for more than 17 years,becoming one of the longest serving mayors in Italy.
Roberto Giachetti is an Italian politician,member of Italia Viva and of the Transnational Radical Party. He has been a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies since 2001.
The 2019 Democratic Party leadership election was an open primary election held on 3 March 2019. The election was triggered by the resignation of Matteo Renzi on 12 March 2018,following the party's defeat at the 2018 general election. Vice Secretary Maurizio Martina was appointed Secretary in July 2018 by the National Assembly,but he resigned after few months to officially start the party's congress.
Matteo Biffoni is an Italian politician.
Marco Filippeschi is an Italian politician.
Giuseppe Fanfani is an Italian politician and lawyer.
Jole Santelli was an Italian politician. A member of the centre-right party Forza Italia,she was the President of Calabria from 15 February 2020 until her death eight months later.
