Socialist Rebirth

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Socialist Rebirth
Rinascita Socialista
Leader Giorgio Benvenuto (1993)
Vincenzo Mattina (1993–95)
Founded1993
Dissolved1995
Split from Italian Socialist Party
Merged into Labour Federation
Ideology Social democracy
Political position Centre-left
National affiliation Alliance of Progressives

Socialist Rebirth (Italian : Rinascita Socialista) was a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. The group was founded in 1993 from a split from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) led by Giorgio Benvenuto, who contested the continuing PSI led by Ottaviano Del Turco which had lost a lot of electors. [1] The RS and PSI were both members of the Alliance of Progressives coalition of centre-left parties formed to contest the 1994 general election. [2] [3] In 1995, RS merged into the Labour Federation, which itself merged into Democrats of the Left in 1998.

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