Franco Giordano
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Francesco "Franco" Giordano (born August 26, 1961) is an Italian
Italy
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 politician.

Born in Bari
Bari
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, he became a member of the Italian Communist Party
Italian Communist Party
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 in 1974. In 1985-1987 he was member of the national leadership of Federation of Young Italian Communists, and, in 1987-1990, of the local PCI leadership of the province of Bari
Province of Bari
The Province of Bari is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bari.It has an area of 5,138 km², and a total population of 1,594,109 . There are 48 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Bari...

. When the latter was turned into the more social democratic
Social democracy
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-oriented Democratic Party of the Left
Democratic Party of the Left
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, Giordano moved to the Communist Refoundation Party
Communist Refoundation Party
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 (PRC).

In 1992 Giordano became a national leader of PRC and, in 1996, he was elected for the first time at the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Italian Chamber of Deputies
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. His seat was confirmed in the 2001 and 2006 elections.

President of PRC's group of deputies from October 1998, he was named vice-secretary of the party in 2001 by Fausto Bertinotti
Fausto Bertinotti
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. After the latter's election as President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Giordano became national secretary of PRC on May 7, 2006.
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