Alfredo Biondi
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Alfredo Biondi (born June 29, 1928) is an Italian
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 politician and lawyer. In 1994 he served as Minister of Justice
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 of the Italian Republic during the first cabinet chaired by Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
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.

Biography

Born in Pisa
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, Biondi was Secretary of the Italian Liberal Party from 1985 to 1986, and later president of the same party. He was member of the Italian House of Deputy from June 1968 to May 1972, and then from June 1983 to April 2006. He is Senator
Italian Senate
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 since April 2006.

In 1994, together with the last PLI leader, Raffaele Costa
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, he founded the Union of Centre, a small faction of the new Forza Italia
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 party. He served as Justice Minister in Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...

's first government in 1994 (he served also as Ecology Minister in the 1980s).

Biondi was appointed President of Forza Italia
Forza Italia
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's National Council in 2004.
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