Valdo Spini
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Valdo Spini is an Italian politician and writer.
A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party
(PSI), in 1994 he founded the Labour Federation
(FL), of which he was leader until FL merged into the Democrats of the Left
(DS). Since then, he was a leading member of the Socialist faction within DS. (1998–2007).
Elected MP eight times, from 1979 to 2008. From 1981 to 1984 he was national vice-secretary of PSI. In 1993-94 Minister of Environment. Previously undersecretary of state for Interior Affairs and then Foreign Affairs. From 1996 to 2001 chairman of the Defense Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
Elected member of the Town Council of Florence (2009-), in which he is President of the Institutional Affairs Commettee and leader of his group "SpiniperFirenze", an independent civic mouvement.
Editor (1981 -) of the "Quaderni del Circolo Rosselli" (Firenze, Alinea ed), and now President of the Coordination of Italian Cultural Reviews (CRIC). His last book is "Vent'anni dopo la Bolognina", Rubbettino ed. Soveria Mannelli, 2010.
President of the "Fondazione Circolo Rosselli" of Florence.
Valdo Spini is member of the Waldensian Evangelical Church
and is the son of Giorgio, an important historian dead in 2006.
A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party
Italian Socialist Party
The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
(PSI), in 1994 he founded the Labour Federation
Labour Federation
The Labour Federation was a social-democratic party in Italy.It was founded in 1994 by former members of the Italian Socialist Party and was in close alliance with the Democratic Party of the Left , with which it merged in 1998 to form the Democrats of the Left...
(FL), of which he was leader until FL merged into 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...
(DS). Since then, he was a leading member of the Socialist faction within DS. (1998–2007).
Elected MP eight times, from 1979 to 2008. From 1981 to 1984 he was national vice-secretary of PSI. In 1993-94 Minister of Environment. Previously undersecretary of state for Interior Affairs and then Foreign Affairs. From 1996 to 2001 chairman of the Defense Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
Elected member of the Town Council of Florence (2009-), in which he is President of the Institutional Affairs Commettee and leader of his group "SpiniperFirenze", an independent civic mouvement.
Editor (1981 -) of the "Quaderni del Circolo Rosselli" (Firenze, Alinea ed), and now President of the Coordination of Italian Cultural Reviews (CRIC). His last book is "Vent'anni dopo la Bolognina", Rubbettino ed. Soveria Mannelli, 2010.
President of the "Fondazione Circolo Rosselli" of Florence.
Valdo Spini is member of the Waldensian Evangelical Church
Waldensian Evangelical Church
The Waldensian Evangelical Church is an Italian historical Protestant denomination.After Protestant Reformation, the small church absorbed Calvinist theology and became the Italian branch of Reformed churches....
and is the son of Giorgio, an important historian dead in 2006.