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.
Lamberto Dini CGMG is an Italian politician and economist. He was 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 explicitly but this is not required by the Italian law.
Giorgio Napolitano is an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 2006 to 2015,and the first Italian president to be re-elected to the presidency. Due to his dominant position in Italian politics,some critics have sometimes referred to him as Re Giorgio. In office from 2006 to 2015,he is the longest serving president in the history of the modern Italian Republic,which has been in existence since 1946.
Angelino Alfano is an Italian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 12 December 2016 to 1 June 2018.
The 2006 Italian presidential election was held on 8–10 May 2006. The result was the election of Giorgio Napolitano,the first time a former member of the Italian Communist Party had been elected to the presidency of the Italian Republic.
Gianni Letta is an Italian journalist and politician. He is a close advisor of Silvio Berlusconi and a member of the advisory board of Goldman Sachs International.
The People of Freedom was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL,launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007,was initially a federation of political parties,notably including Forza Italia and National Alliance,which participated as a joint election list in the 2008 general election. The federation was later transformed into a party during a party congress on 27–29 March 2009. The party's leading members included Angelino Alfano,Renato Schifani,Renato Brunetta,Roberto Formigoni,Maurizio Sacconi,Maurizio Gasparri,Mariastella Gelmini,Antonio Martino,Giancarlo Galan,Maurizio Lupi,Gaetano Quagliariello,Daniela Santanchè,Sandro Bondi,and Raffaele Fitto.
The Liberal Populars were a short-lived Christian-democratic political party in Italy (2008–2009),which currently functions as an internal faction of Identity and Action (IdeA).
Network Italy is a Christian-democratic association connected to Popular Alternative (AP),a political party in Italy,and earlier to The People of Freedom. Most of its members,including its long-time leader Roberto Formigoni,are members of the Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation (CL).
The political career of Silvio Berlusconi 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 Letta Cabinet was the 62nd cabinet of the Italian Republic. In office from 28 April 2013 to 22 January 2014,it comprised ministers of the Democratic Party (PD),The People of Freedom (PdL),Civic Choice (SC),the Union of the Centre (UdC),one of the Italian Radicals (RI) and three non-party independents.
Beatrice Lorenzin is an Italian politician belonging to the Democratic Party,former leader of Popular Alternative,and former Minister of Health from 28 April 2013 to 1 June 2018,in the governments of Enrico Letta,Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni. In 2018 she became one of the longest-serving health minister in the history of the Italian Republic.
Forza Italia is a centre-right political party in Italy,whose ideology includes elements of liberal conservatism,Christian democracy,and liberalism. FI is a member of the European People's Party. Silvio Berlusconi is the party's leader and president,while Antonio Tajani functions as vice president and national coordinator. Other leading members include Elisabetta Casellati,as well as ministers Renato Brunetta,Mara Carfagna,and Mariastella Gelmini.
New Centre-Right was a centre-right political party in Italy.
Gaetano Quagliariello is an Italian politician,former Minister of Constitutional Reforms and current leader of Identity and Action party.
Enrico Costa is an Italian politician and lawyer.
Energies for Italy was a centre-right political party in Italy,launched in November 2016 and officially established on 1 April 2017. Its leader is Stefano Parisi,a former director-general of Confindustria and CEO of Fastweb,who was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor in the 2016 Milan municipal election.
Popular Alternative is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy that was founded on 18 March 2017 after the dissolution of New Centre-Right (NCD),one of the two parties that emerged at the break-up of The People of Freedom.
Donato Bruno was an Italian politician.
