Maurizio Gasparri
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Maurizio Gasparri is an Italian politician
Politician
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After a period as Member of the Italian Parliament for the Movimento Sociale Italiano, Gasparri served as an Alleanza Nazionale member. During the course of his career he has served as Minister of Communications (2001 to 2005 in the Berlusconi II Cabinet
Berlusconi II Cabinet
The Berlusconi II Cabinet was the 57th cabinet of the Italian Republic, and the first cabinet of the XIV Legislature. It took office following the 2001 elections, and held office from 11 June 2001 until 23 April 2005, a total of 1,412 days, or 3 years, 10 months and 12 days...

). It was during his time in this role that he pushed for the law known popularly as the "legge Gasparri". In the XVI legislature he is the president of the senators of The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom
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Alongside Ignazio La Russa
Ignazio La Russa
Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa is an Italian politician . He became Minister of Defence in the fourth cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi on 8 May 2008...

, Gasparri is considered a leader of the AN mainstream
Mainstream
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 faction Destra Protagonista. Gasparri worked as a journalist
Journalist
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, becoming editor in chief of the"Secolo d'Italia
Secolo d'Italia
Secolo d'Italia is a daily conservative newspaper in Italy. Founded in Rome in 1952 by Franz Turchi, it is close to the centre-right political party The People of Freedom....

" - the Movimento Sociale Italiano's daily paper.

Following a weak showing in the regional elections of 2005, Gasparri was on 25th April 2006 replaced in Berlusconi's third Cabinet
Berlusconi III Cabinet
The Berlusconi III Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Italy from 23 April 2005 to 5 May 2006. It was the 58th cabinet of the Italian Republic, and the second cabinet of the XIV Legislature.Composition of the governemnt:...

 by Mario Landolfi.

Obama controversy

In the wake of Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

's election in November 2008, Gasparri declared at the cats of RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...

 that "with Obama in the White House, perhaps al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...

 is happier".
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Gasparri was heavily criticized for the declaration by the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Italy)
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