Italian Republican Party
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| Italian Republican Party Partito Repubblicano Italiano |
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 Italian National Party |
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| Leader | Francesco Nucara |
| Coalition | House of Freedoms |
| Political ideology | Liberalism, Social liberalism (on ethical matters), Republicanism, Radicalism, Secularism |
| International affiliation | none |
| European affiliation | European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party |
| European Parliament Group | currently no MEPs |
| Membership | 71,886 (1991) max: 108,589 (1978) |
| Official newspaper | La Voce Repubblicana (no website available) |
| Website | http://www.pri.it |
| See also | Politics of Italy |
The Italian Republican Party (Partito Repubblicano Italiano, PRI) is a liberal party in Italy.
It is an old liberal party in Italy, that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini. The party is a member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.
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[edit] Recent history
In 1994 the Italian Republican Party lost most of its voters and members in the wake of the Tangentopoli scandal. It also suffered a split at this time, as some centre-left politicians including Giorgio Bogi left and formed the Republican Party party. Some Republican politicians left PRI for Forza Italia, among them Jas Gawronski, Guglielmo Castagnetti, Alberto Zorzoli, Luigi Casero, Denis Verdini, Piergiorgio Massidda, Mario Pescante, etc.. Others joined the Democrats of Left, including Stefano Passigli, Giuseppe Ayala, Andrea Manzella, Adolfo Battaglia, and Giorgio Bogi. Later the PRI lost members to Democracy is Freedom – Daisy, including Enzo Bianco, Antonio Maccanico, Roberto Manzione, and others.
In 1994 some members of PRI were elected to Parliament on the Democratic Alliance list, while others, including Giorgio La Malfa and Carla Mazzuca , were elected on Patto Segni's list.
From 1996 to 2001, PRI was part of the Olive Tree centre-left coalition. In 1996 PRI elected 2 deputies (Giorgio La Malfa and Luciana Sbarbati) and 2 senators (Antonio Duva and Stelio De Carolis, both of whom subsequently switched to the Democrats of the Left).
In 2001 the party decided to ally with Silvio Berlusconi's House of Freedoms and elected one deputy (Giorgio La Malfa) and one senator (Antonio Del Pennino). Two left-wing groups seceded from the party: the European Republican Movement, led by Luciana Sbarbati, and the Democratic Republicans, led by Giuseppe Ossorio.
PRI participated to Berlusconi's third government having Giorgio La Malfa, current president of the party, as Minister for European Affairs and Francesco Nucara as Deputy-Minister for the Environment.
In the 2006 election Francesco Nucara and Giorgio La Malfa were elected on the Forza Italia's lists for the Chamber of Deputies, while the party decided to run under its own banner for the Senate. Anyway Antonio Del Pennino was elected senator on Forza Italia's list.
On March 18th 2007 the party formed an alliance with the Italian Liberal Party.
[edit] Leadership
[edit] Secretaries
Secretaries from 1945:
- Randolfo Pacciardi (1945–1949)
- Oronzo Reale (1949–1964)
- Oddo Biasini, Claudio Salmoni and Emanuele Terrana (1964–1965)
- Ugo La Malfa (1965–1975)
- Oddo Biasini (1975-1979)
- Giovanni Spadolini (1979–1987)
- Giorgio La Malfa (1987–1993)
- Giorgio Bogi (1993–1994)
- Giorgio La Malfa (1994–2001)
- Francesco Nucara (2001–...)
[edit] Presidents
Presidents from 1965:
- Oronzo Reale (1965–1975)
- Ugo La Malfa (1975–1979)
- Bruno Visentini (1979–1992)
- Guglielmo Negri (1995–2000)
- Giorgio La Malfa (2001–2006)
[edit] External link
- Italian Republican Party official site
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