The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic political party in Italy.
The Party of Italian Communists was a communist party in Italy founded in October 1998 as a split from the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) led by Armando Cossutta,the founder and early leader of the PRC. In December 2014,the party was transformed into Communist Party of Italy (PCd'I),which would later evolve into the re-edition of the Italian Communist Party (PCI).
Giuseppe Castiglione is an Italian politician.
Benedetto Della Vedova is an Italian politician.
Italian Renewal was a centrist,liberal political party in Italy.
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 member of the Christian Democracy and served as President of the Lombardy region from 1987 to 1989.
The Prodi II Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Italy from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008,a total of 722 days,or 1 year,11 months and 21 days. The 59th cabinet of the Italian Republic,it was the only cabinet of the XV Legislature.
The Berlusconi III Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Italy from 23 April 2005 to 17 May 2006. It was the 58th cabinet of the Italian Republic,and the second cabinet of the XIV Legislature.
The Liberal Democrats,whose complete name is Liberal Democrats for Renewal,is a liberal and centrist political party in Italy.
The Berlusconi II Cabinet was the 57th cabinet of the Italian Republic and the first cabinet 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 Berlusconi III Cabinet.
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.
Alliance for Italy was a centrist political party in Italy.
Democratic Centre is a centrist,Christian leftist,social-liberal political party in Italy. Most of its members,including its leader Bruno Tabacci,are former Christian Democrats.
Marina Sereni is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party (PD) who has been serving as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the governments of Prime Ministers Giuseppe Conte and Mario Draghi since 2019.
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.
Solidary Democracy is a centre-left,Christian-democratic political party in Italy. The party's early leader,Lorenzo Dellai has described it as a "Christian-social" party.
Domenico Rossi is an Italian general and politician.
Gianfranco Miccichè is an Italian politician.
Teresa Bellanova is an Italian politician and trade unionist,who served as Minister of Agriculture from September 2019 to January 2021 in the government of Giuseppe Conte. In 2018,she was elected in the Italian Senate for the Democratic Party (PD),but in 2019 she joined Italia Viva (IV),the new movement of Matteo Renzi. Bellanova was also a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2006 to 2018.
