Mario Landolfi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Minister of Communications | |
| In office 23 April 2005 –17 May 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Maurizio Gasparri |
| Succeeded by | Paolo Gentiloni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mario Landolfi 6 June 1959 Mondragone,Italy |
| Political party | Alleanza Nazionale |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Mario Landolfi (born 6 June 1959) is an Italian politician,served as a member of the parliament and minister of communications.
Landolfi was born in Mondragone,the province of Caserta,on 6 June 1959. [1]
Landolfi was a council member of Mondragone beginning in 1983. [1] He became a member of the Italian parliament in June 2001,being part of the National Alliance party. [2] In addition,Landolfi served as the spokesman of the AN. [3] He was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 2013. [2] He served as the member of different parliamentary commissions. [2] He was appointed Minister of communications to the cabinet led by prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in a reshuffle on 23 April 2005,replacing another AN deputy Maurizio Gasparri in the post. [4] [5] On 17 May 2006,Landolfi's term ended,and Paolo Gentiloni became the new minister of communications. [6]
Landolfi was appointed president of the state television watchdog,Commissione vigilanza,after leaving office in 2006. [7]
Silvio Berlusconi was an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as the prime minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995,2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 2013;a member of the Senate of the Republic from 2022 until his death in 2023,and previously from March to November 2013;and a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2022,and previously from 1999 to 2001. With a net worth of US$6.8 billion as of June 2023,Berlusconi was the third-wealthiest person in Italy at the time of his death.
Romano Prodi is an Italian politician who served as President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004 and twice as Prime Minister of Italy,from 1996 to 1998,and again 2006 to 2008. Prodi is considered the founder of the Italian centre-left and one of the most prominent and iconic figures of the Second Republic. He is often nicknamed Il Professore due to his academic career.
The prime minister of Italy,officially the president of the Council of Ministers,is the head of government of the Italian Republic. The office of president of the Council of Ministers is established by articles 92–96 of the Constitution of Italy;the president of the Council of Ministers is appointed by the president of the Republic and must have the confidence of the Parliament to stay in office.
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.
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.
The Union of the Centre,whose complete name is "Union of Christian and Centre Democrats",is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy. Lorenzo Cesa is the party's current secretary;Pier Ferdinando Casini was for years the most recognisable figure and de facto leader of the party,before eventually distancing from it in 2016. The UdC is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the Centrist Democrat International (CDI),of which Casini was president from 2004 to 2015.
Enrico Letta is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 2013 to February 2014,leading a grand coalition of centre-left and centre-right parties. He was the leader of the Democratic Party (PD) from March 2021 to March 2023.
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.
Giorgio Napolitano was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 2006 to 2015,the first to be re-elected to the office. In office for 8 years and 244 days,he was the longest-serving president,until the record was surpassed by Sergio Mattarella in 2023. He also was the longest-lived president in the history of the Italian Republic,which has been in existence since 1946. Although he was a prominent figure of the First Italian Republic,he did not take part in the Constituent Assembly of Italy that drafted the Italian constitution;he is considered one of the symbols of the Second Italian Republic,which came about after the Tangentopoli scandal of the 1990s. Due to his dominant position in Italian politics,some critics have sometimes referred to him as Re Giorgio.
Angelino Alfano is an Italian former politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 12 December 2016 to 1 June 2018.
Mario Clemente Mastella is an Italian politician who has been the mayor of Benevento since 20 June 2016. He also served as leader of Union of Democrats for Europe,a minor centrist Italian party. He was Minister of Labour in the Berlusconi government from 10 May 1994 to 17 January 1995 and Minister of Justice in the Prodi government from 17 May 2006 to 17 January 2008.
Giancarlo Giorgetti is an Italian politician and prominent member of the League,of which he became deputy secretary in 2016. Since October 2022,Giorgetti has served 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.
Maurizio Gasparri is an Italian politician.
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.
Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa is an Italian politician who is serving as president of the Senate of the Republic since 13 October 2022. He is the first politician with a neo-fascist background to hold the position of President of the Senate,the second highest-ranking office of the Italian Republic.
The political career of Silvio Berlusconi (1994–2011) began in 1994,when Berlusconi entered politics for the first time serving intermittent terms as Prime Minister of Italy from 1994 to 1995,2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011,his career was racked with controversies and trials;amongst these was his failure to honour his promise to sell his personal assets in Mediaset,the largest television broadcaster network in Italy,in order to dispel any perceived conflicts of interest.
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.
Paolo Romani is an Italian politician,publisher,journalist and former minister of economic development.
Antonio Maccanico was an Italian constitutional specialist and social liberal politician,who served in various capacities in the parliament and federal administrations of Italy.
Francesco Saverio Romano is an Italian politician and lawyer. He served as the minister of agricultures in 2011 and a member of the Chamber of Deputies between 2001 and 2018.
Media related to Mario Landolfi at Wikimedia Commons Berlusconi III Cabinet (2005–06) | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
