The Moderates are a centrist political party in Italy,active mainly in Piedmont,but also in Lombardy,Emilia-Romagna,Campania and Sicily. The party,whose leader is Giacomo Portas,is associated with the centrist party Italia Viva.
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.
Carlo Fatuzzo is an Italian politician,leader of the Pensioners' Party.
Leoluca Orlando,is an Italian politician. He was Mayor of Palermo for over twenty years and was president of the Italian Federation of American Football (FIDAF). He is best known for his strong opposition to the Sicilian Mafia during his mayoralty in the 1980s,which was publicly referenced in the media as the Palermo Spring.
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 a member of Christian Democracy and served as the president of Lombardy from 1987 to 1989.
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party's secretary is Elly Schlein,elected in the 2023 leadership election,while the party's president is Stefano Bonaccini.
The 2009 Democratic Party leadership election was held in July–November 2009,following the resignation of Walter Veltroni in February 2009,after 16 months as secretary of the Democratic Party (PD),a political party in Italy.
Toward North is a liberal and federalist political association based in Veneto,Italy.
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.
Lorenzo Guerini is an Italian politician and member of the Democratic Party (PD). Guerini has been serving as the Italian Minister of Defence in the cabinets of successive prime ministers Giuseppe Conte and Mario Draghi from 2019 to 2022. In March 2014,he was chosen by party leader Matteo Renzi to be deputy secretary of the PD along with Debora Serracchiani,a position that he held until May 2017. From 2005 to 2012,he served as mayor of Lodi,Lombardy,his hometown.
Maurizio Martina is an Italian politician and member of the Chamber of Deputies,who served as secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) from March to November 2018,being appointed after the 2018 Italian general election. He served as Minister of Agricultural,Food and Forestry Policies since 22 February 2014,in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni. On 7 May 2017,he was elected Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party. Martina resigned as Agriculture Minister and took over as acting secretary of the PD after Matteo Renzi resigned following a poor election showing in 2018.
Giuseppe "Pippo" Civati is an Italian politician and publisher,former leader of Possible and a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2018.
Article One,officially Article 1 –Democratic and Progressive Movement,was a social-democratic political party in Italy.
The 2019 Democratic Party leadership election was an open primary election held on 3 March 2019. The election was triggered by the resignation of Matteo Renzi on 12 March 2018,following the party's defeat at the 2018 general election. Vice Secretary Maurizio Martina was appointed Secretary in July 2018 by the National Assembly,but he resigned after few months to officially start the party's congress.
The second Conte government was the 66th government of the Italian Republic and the second government led by Giuseppe Conte. The government was sworn in on 5 September 2019 to 13 February 2021.
Vincenzo "Enzo" Amendola is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party (PD). On 5 September 2019,Amendola was appointed Minister of European Affairs in the Conte II Cabinet.
Pier Paolo Baretta is an Italian Trade unionist and politician. He was the Undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Economy and Finance in the Conte II Cabinet. He previously held this position in the Letta,Renzi and Gentiloni Cabinets.
Luigi Marattin is an Italian politician and economist. Since 30 July 2020,Marattin has served as president of the 6th Permanent Finance Commission of the Chamber of Deputies.
The 2023 Democratic Party leadership election was a primary election that was held in Italy in February 2023 to elect the National Assembly and secretary of the Democratic Party (PD). It consisted of a closed primary election among party members held from 9 to 19 February,and an open primary election held on 26 February.
