Dario Franceschini
Encyclopedia
Dario Franceschini is an Italian
lawyer, writer, and politician, who served as the second leader of the Democratic Party
. He has been a prominent member of the Italian People's Party (PPI), of the Daisy and the first Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party. Following the resignation of Walter Veltroni
, on February 21, 2009 the Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Party elected him the new Secretary. On 25 October 2009 he lost the leadership election
to Pier Luigi Bersani
, and subsequently accepted his offer to become the party's Leader in the Chamber of Deputies
.
"Antonio Roiti" and in the University of Ferrara
. He joined the Christian Democracy
shortly after the nomination of Benigno Zaccagnini
as National Secretary, and after two years he was elected provincial delegate of the Young Christian Democrats. He was elected city councillor in Ferrara in 1980, 1985 and 1990. In 1985 he graduated from the University of Ferrara and started practicing civil law
.
At the 1993 Constituent Assembly of the Christian Democracy (which would soon turn into the Italian People's Party), Franceschini voted for an alliance with the left. When the next year the PPI entered the general election
in a centrist
coalition, the Pact for Italy
, he left the party. He subsequently founded the Christian Socials movement, and in 1995 he ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Ferrara
, winning about 20% of the votes.
Following the birth of the Olive Tree coalition, Franceschini re-entered the Italian People's Party, and from 1997 to 1999 he was its Deputy Secretary and Coordinator. He was appointed Undersecretary for Institutional Reforms in the D'Alema II Cabinet, and he maintained this position in the Amato II Cabinet
. In the 2001 general election
he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies
in Ferrara
College 9, and he became a member of the Constitutional Affairs Commission of the Chamber.
In 2001, Franceschini was a founding member of the Daisy and in 2002 he was named Executive Coordinator of the party. In the 2006 general election
he was re-elected Deputy for the XI constituency of Emilia-Romagna
and he was appointed Leader of the Olive Tree group in the Chamber. When the Daisy was merged with the Democrats of the Left
to form the new Democratic Party
on October 14, 2007, Secretary Walter Veltroni
chose him as his Deputy.
In the 2008 general election
, Franceschini was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the third time. After a series of electoral defeats for the Democratic Party, Secretary Walter Veltroni
resigned in February 2009. The Constituent Assembly of the party convened on February 21, 2009 to choose a new leader and appointed Franceschini Secretary with 1,047 votes out of 1,258. His only opponent Arturo Parisi
won just 92 votes.
Franceschini is married with two daughters. He has written two novels which were published in 2006 and 2007.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
lawyer, writer, and politician, who served as the second leader of the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Italy)
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....
. He has been a prominent member of the Italian People's Party (PPI), of the Daisy and the first Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party. Following the resignation of Walter Veltroni
Walter Veltroni
Walter Veltroni, Knight Grand Cross, is an Italian writer, journalist and politician, who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition, until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He served as Mayor of Rome from 2001 to 2008.-Biography:Walter Veltroni was...
, on February 21, 2009 the Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Party elected him the new Secretary. On 25 October 2009 he lost the leadership election
Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, 2009
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 , the second-largest political party in Italy....
to Pier Luigi Bersani
Pier Luigi Bersani
Pier Luigi Bersani is an Italian politician and the current Secretary of the Democratic Party of Italy, the main center-left political party in Italy . He was Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftmanship from 1996 to 1999, Minister of Transports from 1999 to 2001, and Minister of Economic...
, and subsequently accepted his offer to become the party's Leader in the Chamber of Deputies
Italian Chamber of Deputies
The Italian Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. It has 630 seats, a plurality of which is controlled presently by liberal-conservative party People of Freedom. Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. A...
.
Biography
Franceschini started his political career as a student in the Liceo scientificoLiceo Scientifico
Liceo Scientifico is a secondary school type in Italy. Along with Liceo Classico, it is considered the peak of the Italian upper secondary education. The access to this school is possible after the successful completion of the three year middle school and the corresponding final examination...
"Antonio Roiti" and in the University of Ferrara
University of Ferrara
The University of Ferrara is the main university of the city of Ferrara in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. In the years prior to the First World War the University of Ferrara, with more than 500 students, was the best attended of the free universities in Italy...
. He joined the Christian Democracy
Christian Democracy (Italy)
Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield ....
shortly after the nomination of Benigno Zaccagnini
Benigno Zaccagnini
Benigno Zaccagnini was an Italian politician and physician.-Political career:Zaccagnini was among the founders of the Democrazia Cristiana , and was elected at the Constituent Assembly and the Chamber of Deputies of the new-born Italian Republic...
as National Secretary, and after two years he was elected provincial delegate of the Young Christian Democrats. He was elected city councillor in Ferrara in 1980, 1985 and 1990. In 1985 he graduated from the University of Ferrara and started practicing civil law
Civil law (area)
Civil law in continental law is a branch of law which is the general part of private law.The basis for civil law lies in a civil code. Before enacting of codes, civil law could not be distinguished from private law...
.
At the 1993 Constituent Assembly of the Christian Democracy (which would soon turn into the Italian People's Party), Franceschini voted for an alliance with the left. When the next year the PPI entered the general election
Italian general election, 1994
An early national general election was held in Italy on March 27, 1994 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right alliance won handily the election for the Chamber and only narrowly lost that for the Senate....
in a centrist
Centrism
In politics, centrism is the ideal or the practice of promoting policies that lie different from the standard political left and political right. Most commonly, this is visualized as part of the one-dimensional political spectrum of left-right politics, with centrism landing in the middle between...
coalition, the Pact for Italy
Pact for Italy
The Pact of Italy was a centrist electoral coalition in Italy, launched by Mario Segni and Mino Martinazzoli in 1994....
, he left the party. He subsequently founded the Christian Socials movement, and in 1995 he ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Ferrara
Ferrara
Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...
, winning about 20% of the votes.
Following the birth of the Olive Tree coalition, Franceschini re-entered the Italian People's Party, and from 1997 to 1999 he was its Deputy Secretary and Coordinator. He was appointed Undersecretary for Institutional Reforms in the D'Alema II Cabinet, and he maintained this position in the Amato II Cabinet
Amato II Cabinet
The Amato II Cabinet was the 56th cabinet of the Italian Republic, the fourth and last cabinet of the XIII Legislature. It held office from 25 April 2000 to 11 June 2001, a total of 412 days, or 1 year, 1 month and 17 days.Composition of the government:...
. In the 2001 general election
Italian general election, 2001
A national general election was held in Italy on May 13, 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. The 14th Parliament of the Italian republic was chosen....
he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Italian Chamber of Deputies
The Italian Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. It has 630 seats, a plurality of which is controlled presently by liberal-conservative party People of Freedom. Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. A...
in Ferrara
Ferrara
Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...
College 9, and he became a member of the Constitutional Affairs Commission of the Chamber.
In 2001, Franceschini was a founding member of the Daisy and in 2002 he was named Executive Coordinator of the party. In the 2006 general election
Italian general election, 2006
In the Italian general election, 2006 for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy held on April 9 and April 10, 2006 the incumbent prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the center-right House of Freedoms, was narrowly defeated by Romano Prodi, leader of the center-left The...
he was re-elected Deputy for the XI constituency of Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....
and he was appointed Leader of the Olive Tree group in the Chamber. When the Daisy was merged with the Democrats of the Left
Democrats of the Left
The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...
to form the new Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Italy)
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....
on October 14, 2007, Secretary Walter Veltroni
Walter Veltroni
Walter Veltroni, Knight Grand Cross, is an Italian writer, journalist and politician, who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition, until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He served as Mayor of Rome from 2001 to 2008.-Biography:Walter Veltroni was...
chose him as his Deputy.
In the 2008 general election
Italian general election, 2008
A snap general election was held in Italy on 13 April and 14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on 6 February 2008 following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote, and the unsuccessful tentative...
, Franceschini was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the third time. After a series of electoral defeats for the Democratic Party, Secretary Walter Veltroni
Walter Veltroni
Walter Veltroni, Knight Grand Cross, is an Italian writer, journalist and politician, who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition, until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He served as Mayor of Rome from 2001 to 2008.-Biography:Walter Veltroni was...
resigned in February 2009. The Constituent Assembly of the party convened on February 21, 2009 to choose a new leader and appointed Franceschini Secretary with 1,047 votes out of 1,258. His only opponent Arturo Parisi
Arturo Parisi
Arturo Parisi is an Italian politician, leader of the Ulivist faction of the Democratic Party and four-time member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies...
won just 92 votes.
Franceschini is married with two daughters. He has written two novels which were published in 2006 and 2007.
Works
- Il Partito popolare a Ferrara: cattolici, socialisti e fascisti nella terra di Grosoli e don MinzoniGiovanni MinzoniGiovanni Minzoni was born to a middle-class family. He studied in seminary and in 1909 was ordained priest. The following year he was appointed Deputy Pastor in the town of Argenta , which he left in 1912 to go to study in the Scuola Sociale in Bergamo, where he was awarded his degree...
(1985) - Nelle vene quell'acqua d'argento (2006)
- La follia improvvisa di Ignazio Rando (2007)