Roberto Formigoni is an Italian politician. He was the president of Lombardy from 1995 to 2013. He is the former unofficial political spokesperson of the Communion and Liberation movement. On 21 February 2019,the Supreme Court of Cassation,the highest court in Italy,found him guilty of corruption and sentenced him to a definitive jail term of 5 years and 10 months. As a result,he was detained in the prison of Bollate,near Milan,for a few months in 2019 before getting house arrest. He was released in November 2023.
Mani pulite was a nationwide judicial investigation into political corruption in Italy held in the early 1990s,resulting in the demise of the First Italian Republic and the disappearance of many political parties. Some politicians and industry leaders committed suicide after their crimes were exposed. Antonio Di Pietro was the main judicial figure in charge of the investigation. In some accounts,as many as 5,000 public figures fell under suspicion. At one point,more than half of the members of the Italian Parliament were under indictment,while more than 400 city and town councils were dissolved because of corruption charges. The estimated value of bribes paid annually in the 1980s by Italian and foreign companies bidding for large government contracts reached US$4 billion.
Forza Italia was a centre-right liberal-conservative political party in Italy,with Christian democratic,liberal,social democratic and populist tendencies. It was founded by Silvio Berlusconi,who served as Prime Minister of Italy four times.
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". In the 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.
Giovanni Spadolini was an Italian politician and statesman,who served as the 44th prime minister of Italy. He had been a leading figure in the Republican Party and the first head of a government to not be a member of Christian Democrats since 1945. He was also a newspaper editor,journalist and historian. He is considered a highly respected intellectual for his literary works and his cultural dimension.
Lega Liguria,whose complete name is Lega Liguria per Salvini Premier,is a regionalist political party active in Liguria. Established in 1987,it was one of the founding "national" sections of Lega Nord (LN) in 1991 and has been the regional section of Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP) in Liguria since 2020.
Raffaele Fitto is an Italian politician who has served as Minister for European Affairs and Minister for the South and Cohesion Policies in the government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni since 2022. A member of Brothers of Italy (FdI),he previously served as President of Apulia from 2000 to 2005 and Minister for Regional Affairs and Territorial Cohesion from 2008 to 2011 in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's fourth government.
Forza Italia is a centre-right political party in Italy,whose ideology includes elements of liberal conservatism,Christian democracy,liberalism and populism. FI is a member of the European People's Party. Silvio Berlusconi was the party's leader and president until his death in 2023. The party has since been led by Antonio Tajani,who had been vice president and coordinator and now functions as secretary. Other leading members include Elisabetta Casellati.
Guido Crosetto is an Italian businessman and politician who has served as Minister of Defence since 22 October 2022 in the government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Laura Ravetto is an Italian politician.
Michaela Biancofiore is an Italian politician.
The Conservatives and Reformists was a broadly conservative and,to some extent,Christian-democratic and liberal political party in Italy,led by Raffaele Fitto.
Us with Italy was a liberal conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Italy.
Sergio Castellaneta was an Italian politician.
Sandro Biasotti is an Italian entrepreneur and politician,former President of Liguria from 2000 to 2005.
Cambiamo! was a centre-right political party in Italy,led by Giovanni Toti.
Coraggio Italia is a liberal-conservative political party in Italy,led by Luigi Brugnaro.
Us of the Centre,is a minor Christian-democratic political party in Italy based in Campania,where it is known also as Us Campanians. Led by Clemente Mastella,Minister of Labour in Berlusconi I Cabinet (1994–1995),minister of Justice in Prodi II Cabinet (2006–2008),and mayor of Benevento,the party is the successor of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR).
Italy in the Centre was a liberal-conservative political party in Italy led by Giovanni Toti.
The 2024 Ligurian regional election is taking place in Liguria,Italy on 27–28 October 2024. The snap election was called after the resignation of incumbent president,Giovanni Toti,following an investigation into corruption,particularly regarding favors to local businessmen in Genoa in exchange for financial support in local elections in 2021 and 2022.
