Romano Antonio Prodi is an Italian politician,economist,academic,senior civil servant,and business executive who served as the tenth president of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. He served twice as Prime Minister of Italy,first from 18 May 1996 to 21 October 1998,and then from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008. Prodi is considered the founder of the Italian centre-left and one of the most prominent and iconic figures of the so-called Second Republic. He is often nicknamed Il Professore due to his academic career.
Mario Monti,is an Italian economist and academic who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 2011 to 2013,leading a technocratic government in the wake of the Italian debt crisis.
Lamberto Dini CGMG is an Italian politician and economist. He was the Director General of Bank of Italy from 1979 to 1994,Minister of Treasury from 1994 to 1996,the 51st Prime Minister of Italy from 1995 to 1996,and Foreign Minister from 1996 to 2001.
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.
The 2001 Italian general election was held in Italy on 13 May 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. The election was won by the centre-right coalition House of Freedoms led by Silvio Berlusconi,defeating Francesco Rutelli,former mayor of Rome,and leader of the centre-left coalition The Olive Tree,and rising back to power after Berlusconi's first victory in the 1994 Italian general election.
Giulio Tremonti is an Italian politician. He served in the government of Italy as Minister of Economy and Finance under Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from 1994 to 1995,from 2001 to 2004,from 2005 to 2006,and from 2008 to 2011.
The 1996 Italian general election was held on 21 April 1996 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. Romano Prodi,leader of the centre-left The Olive Tree,won the election,narrowly defeating Silvio Berlusconi,who led the centre-right Pole for Freedoms.
Benedetto Della Vedova is an Italian politician.
Giancarlo Giorgetti is an Italian politician and prominent member of the League,of which he became deputy secretary in 2016. Since October 2022,Giorgetti is serving as Minister of Economy and Finance in the government of Giorgia Meloni. Previously,he was Secretary of the Council of Ministers from June 2018 until September 2019,in the government of Giuseppe Conte and later Minister of Economic Development from February 2021 until October 2022,in the government of Mario Draghi.
The 1994 Italian general election was held on 27 and 28 March 1994 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic for the 12th legislature. Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition won a large majority in the Chamber of Deputies but just missed winning a majority in the Senate. The Italian People's Party,the renamed Christian Democracy (DC),which had dominated Italian politics for almost half a century,was decimated. It took only 29 seats versus 206 for the DC two years earlier—easily the worst defeat a sitting government in Italy has ever suffered,and one of the worst ever suffered by a Western European governing party.
The Liberal Democrats,whose complete name is Liberal Democrats for Renewal,is a liberal and centrist political party in Italy.
A snap election was held in Italy on 13–14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved the Italian 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.
The second Berlusconi government was the 57th government of the Italian Republic and the first government of the XIV Legislature. It took office following the 2001 elections,and held office from 11 June 2001 until 23 April 2005,a total of 1,412 days,or 3 years,10 months and 12 days. It held office for the longest period in the history of the Republic,and for the second longest period in the history of unified Italy since 1861. During its long tenure,its composition changed significantly. Following the poor performance of the centrist parties in the Italian regional elections of 2005,most of the ministers of the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats and the New PSI resigned from the government,which was succeeded by the third Berlusconi government.
Sandro Bondi is an Italian politician. He served as minister of culture from 2008 to 2011,in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet.
Alfredo Mantica is an Italian politician. He served as Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet.
Giuseppe Vegas is an Italian politician.
The 2008 Italian general election was the second in which Italian and dual citizens living outside the country could vote by postal ballot in international electoral districts. Twelve members of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and six members of the Italian Senate were elected in this way.
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 Italian Parliament. The centre-left alliance Italy Common Good,led by the Democratic Party (PD),obtained a clear majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies thanks to a majority bonus that effectively trebled the number of seats assigned to the winning force and narrowly defeated the centre-right alliance of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the popular vote. Close behind,the new anti-establishment Five Star Movement of comedian Beppe Grillo became the third force,well ahead of the centrist coalition of outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti. In the Senate,no political group or party won an outright majority,resulting in a hung parliament.
Gianfranco Miccichè is an Italian politician.
