The Community of Sant'Egidio is a lay Catholic association dedicated to social service,founded in 1968 under the leadership of Andrea Riccardi. The group grew and in 1973 was given a home at the former Carmelite monastery and church of Sant'Egidio in Rome,Italy. In 1986,it received recognition from the Roman Curia of the Holy See as an international association of the faithful. Its activities include the Church's evening prayer together daily as a stimulus for lending assistance to a whole spectrum of needy persons:"lonely and non-self-sufficient elderly,immigrants and homeless people,terminally ill and HIV/AIDS patients,children at risk of deviance and marginalization,nomads and the physically and mentally handicapped,drug addicts,victims of war,and prisoners." The community also has a high profile in the area of peace negotiations,in addressing the AIDS epidemic in Africa,and in its opposition to capital punishment. It takes an ecumenical approach in all of its work.
Andrea Riccardi is an Italian historian,professor,politician and activist,founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio. He served as minister for international cooperation without portfolio in the Monti Cabinet.
Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata is an Italian diplomat and politician. He was Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mario Monti's government from November 2011 until March 2013,Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations in New York between 2008 and 2009 and Ambassador of Italy to the United States between 2009 and 2011. He is currently a Senator of the Republic of Italy and the President of the 4th Permanent Senate Commission of EU Affairs elected from the Lombardy constituency as a part of Brothers of Italy. He is also the President of the India-Italy Parliamentary Friendship group.
Populars for Italy is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy led by Mario Mauro,minister of Defence in Letta Cabinet and,previously,long-serving MEP for Forza Italia.
Maria Elisabetta Alberti,known by her married name as Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati,is an Italian lawyer and politician,serving as Minister fo Institutional Reforms since 2022. She was President of the Italian Senate from 2018 to 2022. She was the first woman ever to have held this position. Casellati is a long-time member of the liberal-conservative party Forza Italia and served as Undersecretary of Health and Justice in previous governments. In 2022,she was nominated as candidate for President of Italy by the centre-right coalition.
The Monti government was the sixty-first government of Italy and was announced on 16 November 2011. This Experts' cabinet was composed of independents,three of whom were women and was formed as an interim government. The government ran the country for eighteen months until the aftermath of the elections in Spring 2013 and then replaced by the Letta government,formed by Enrico Letta on 28 April.
Toward the Third Republic was a political manifesto for a new centrist political party in Italy launched during a convention in Rome on 17 November 2012. It aimed at forming a political base for Prime Minister Mario Monti,who chose to enter the fray in late December.
Democratic Centre is a centrist,Christian leftist and social-liberal political party in Italy. Most of its members,including its leader Bruno Tabacci,are former Christian Democrats. Since its beginnings,the CD has been also part of the centre-left coalition,centred around the Democratic Party (PD).
With Monti for Italy was an electoral coalition of political parties in Italy,formed for the 2013 general election to support the outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti and his reform plans. Its platform was based on Monti's manifesto titled "Change Italy. Reform Europe."
Civic Choice was a centrist and liberal political party in Italy founded by Mario Monti. The party was formed in the run-up of the 2013 general election to support the outgoing Prime Minister Monti and continue his political agenda. In the election SC was part of a centrist coalition named With Monti for Italy,along with Union of the Centre of Pier Ferdinando Casini and Future and Freedom of Gianfranco Fini.
Solidary Democracy is a Christian-leftist political party in Italy. The party's early leader,Lorenzo Dellai has described it as a "Christian-social" party. DemoS is led by Paolo Ciani;several party members,including Ciani himself,hail from the Community of Sant'Egidio.
The Liberal Popular Alliance,whose full name was Liberal Popular Alliance –Autonomies,was a centrist and liberal political party in Italy. ALA members were known as Verdiniani,from the name of their leader Denis Verdini,who was formerly a long-time member and national coordinator of three successive centre-right parties led by Silvio Berlusconi until July 2015,when he broke with Berlusconi in order to support the government led by Matteo Renzi,leader of the centre-left Democratic Party.
The first Conte government was the 65th government of the Italian Republic. It was led by Giuseppe Conte,an independent,and it was in office from 1 June 2018 to 5 September 2019.
The Legislature XVII of Italy started on 15 March 2013 and ended on 22 March 2018. Its composition was the one resulting from the general election of 24–25 February 2013,called after the dissolution of the houses of Parliament announced by President Giorgio Napolitano on 22 December 2012.
The Legislature XVI of Italy started on 29 April 2008 and ended on 14 March 2013. Its composition resulted from the snap election of 13–14 April 2008,called after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved the houses on 6 February 2008. The dissolution of the Parliament was a consequence of the defeat of the incumbent government led by Romano Prodi during a vote of confidence in the Senate.
The second Conte government was the 66th government of the Italian Republic and the second government led by Giuseppe Conte. The government was sworn in on 5 September 2019 to 13 February 2021.
The Draghi government was the 67th government of the Italian Republic,led by former President of the European Central Bank,Mario Draghi. It was in office between 13 February 2021 and 22 October 2022.
Antonio Mario Pesenti was an Italian economist and politician of the Italian Communist Party.
Luigi Russo was an Italian Fascist politician and civil servant,who served as Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of the Kingdom of Italy from 1939 to 1943. He was also Chief of Staff of the Volunteer Militia for National Security from 3 October 1935 to 3 November 1939.
Vito Reale was an Italian politician,who served as third and last Minister of the Interior of the Badoglio I Cabinet. He was also a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies in the early 1920s,of the Italian Constituent Assembly after World War II,and of the Italian Senate from 1948 until his death in 1953.
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