Italian People's Party (1994-2002)
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The Italian People's Party, known in Italian as the Partito Popolari Italiano (PPI), was that party that succeeded in January 1994 to the Christian Democracy. The first secretary of the party was Mino Martinazzoli, replaced by Rocco Buttiglione in June 1994, after that the party suffered a huge defeat in April elections to the centre-right and also to the centre-left, gaining only the 11.1%.
In 1995, when Buttiglione's proposal to join the centre-right coalition (composed of Forza Italia, the National Alliance and the Christian Democratic Centre) was refused by the party's National Council, the outgoing secretary, along with Roberto Formigoni and Gianfranco Rotondi, formed the United Christian Democrats, leaving the PPI in the hands of the leftish factions of the late DC.
In 1996, the party formed a list (the PPI-UD-PRI-SVP for PRODI) with Antonio Maccanico's Democratic Union, the Italian Republican Party and the South Tyrolese People's Party and scored 6.8% at the elections.
In 2000 it formed an alliance (party from 2002) with the Democrats (born in 1999 by the union of Romano Prodi's fellows, the Democratic Union and the so-called Movement of Mayors of Francesco Rutelli and Massimo Cacciari), the Union of Democrats for Europe (which did not join the single party) and Lamberto Dini's Italian Renewal.
In January 2002, the party decided finally to merge in the new party, called Democracy is Freedom - Daisy.
[edit] Leadership
- Secretary: Mino Martinazzoli (1994), Rocco Buttiglione (1994-95), Gerardo Bianco (1995-97), Franco Marini (1997-99), Pierluigi Castagnetti (1999-2002)
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- Deputy-Secretary: Enrico Letta (1999-2002)
- President: Rosa Russo Jervolino (1994), Giovanni Bianchi (1994-97), Gerardo Bianco (1997-99)
- Coordinator: Dario Franceschini (1997-99), Lapo Pistelli (1999-2002)
