National Alliance was a national conservative political party in Italy. It was the successor of the Italian Social Movement (MSI),a neo-fascist party founded in 1946 by former followers of Benito Mussolini that had moderated its policies over its last decades and finally distanced itself from its former ideology,a move known as post-fascismo,during a convention in Fiuggi by dissolving into the new party in 1995.
The Italian Republican Party is a political party in Italy established in 1895,which makes it the oldest political party still active in the country. The PRI identifies with 19th-century classical radicalism,as well as Mazzinianism,and its modern incarnation is associated with liberalism,social liberalism,and centrism. The PRI has old roots and a long history that began with a left-wing position,being the heir of the Historical Far Left and claiming descent from the political thought of Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Garibaldi. With the rise of the Italian Communist Party and the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) to its left,it was associated with centre-left politics. The early PRI was also known for its anti-clerical,anti-monarchist,republican,and later anti-fascist stances. While maintaining those traits,during the second half of the 20th century the party moved towards the centre on the left–right political spectrum,becoming increasingly economically liberal.
Gianfranco Fini is a retired Italian politician who served as the president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2013 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006. He is the former leader of the far-right Italian Social Movement,the conservative National Alliance,and the center-right Future and Freedom party. He was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Silvio Berlusconi's government from 2001 to 2006.
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.
Pier Ferdinando Casini is an Italian politician. He served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2006.
Gianfranco Rotondi is an Italian politician. A member of the Italian Parliament since 1994,he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 1996,from 2001 to 2006,and since 2008,as well as a member of the Senate of the Republic from 2006 to 2008. He was also a Minister without Portfolio for the Implementation of the Government Program in the fourth Berlusconi government from 2008 to 2011.
The 1972 Italian general election was held in Italy on 7 May 1972. The Christian Democracy (DC) remained stable with around 38% of the votes,as did the Communist Party (PCI) which obtained the same 27% it had in 1968. The Socialist Party (PSI) continued in its decline,reducing to less than 10%. The largest increase in vote share was that of the post-fascist Italian Social Movement,which nearly doubled its votes from 4.5% to about 9%,after its leader Giorgio Almirante launched the formula of the National Right,proposing his party as the sole group of the Italian right wing. After a disappointing result of less than 2%,against the 4.5% of 1968,the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity was disbanded;a majority of its members joined the PCI.
The New Italian Social Movement or New MSI is a minor ultranationalist,chauvinist and totalitarian political party in Italy. It was founded on 12 July 2000 in Florence by Gaetano Saya. Founded as National Right,in 2003 the party was renamed New MSI –National Right,like the historical Italian Social Movement. The President of the Party is Saya's wife,Maria Antonietta Cannizzaro.
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.
Alfredo Covelli was an Italian monarchist politician. He was the leader of the Monarchist National Party and Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity from 1946 to 1972.. In 1972,he led the monarchists into union with the neofascist Italian Social Movement,taking up the role of President in the merged party. However,in 1977,he broke from the MSI,forming National Democracy. In the 1979 election,he failed to be re-elected as a candidate of National Democracy and retired from politics,though he remained active in monarchist circles. He was continuously a deputy for Rome between 1948 and 1979,representing successively the PNM,PDIUM,MSI and National Democracy. He died in 1998 in Rome.
Municipal elections were held in Rome on 21 November and 5 December 1993 to elect the Mayor of Rome and 60 members of the City Council.
Maurizio Migliavacca is an Italian politician and the current Coordinator of the Democratic Party,the main center-left political party in Italy. He has been a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 1996 to 2001 and since 2006.
Cécile Kashetu Kyenge is an Italian politician and ophthalmologist. She was the Minister for Integration in the 2013–14 Letta Cabinet. From 2014 until 2019,she was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Kyenge is of Congolese descent.
Carlo Fidanza is an Italian politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019,previously holding a seat from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of Brothers of Italy (FdI).
The 2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election took place in Emilia-Romagna,Italy,on 26 January 2020. The result was the victory of the centre-left coalition and the confirmation of Stefano Bonaccini as President of Emilia-Romagna,with more than 51% of votes,nearly doubling the number of votes received in 2014.
Goffredo Bettini is an Italian politician. He is a founding member of the Democratic Party (PD). As mentor and closest advisor of PD's former secretary Nicola Zingaretti,Bettini is considered one of the most influential and powerful politician within the party.
Isabella Bertolini is an Italian politician.
Stefania Ascari is an Italian politician from the Five Star Movement (M5S). She has been a member of Italy's Chamber of Deputies from Emilia-Romagna since the 2018 Italian general election.
Stefano Vaccari is an Italian politician. He served as the mayor of Nonantola from 1995 to 2004,held the position of Provincial Councilor in the Province of Modena,and was a senator during the XVII legislature of the Italian Republic.
