Oscar Giannino

Oscar Giannino
Stop the Decline nominee for the office of the Italian prime minister (Capo della forza politica)
In office Italian general election – 24 and 25 february 2013
Preceded by	new party
Succeeded by	next election
President of Stop the Decline
In office 28 July 2012 – 20 February 2013
Preceded by	new party
Succeeded by	Silvia Enrico
Personal details
Born	(1961-09-01) 1 September 1961 Turin, Italy
Political party	Stop the Decline
Other political affiliations	Italian Republican Party (1987-1994)
Profession	Journalist, politician

Oscar Fulvio Giannino (born 1 September 1961) is an Italian journalist and politician: he is the former president of the free-market oriented party Stop the Decline.

Biography

Oscar Giannino was born in Turin, the capital city of Piedmont, Italy. He soon started his career as journalist. In 1984 he became a member of the national leadership of the Italian Republican Party, until 1994. On August 2012 Giannino founded the movement Stop the Decline and in December he announced that he would run to become Prime Minister (Capo della forza politica) with his movement, during the 2013 Italian election. He stepped down from the presidency (presidente del partito) of his movement after it was discovered that he had fabricated his resumé by adding false academic claims, such as a Law degree in Italy and a Master Degree in corporate finance and public finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business:^[1][2] the deception was discovered by the party co-founder and Giannino's colleague Luigi Zingales,^[2] professor at the Booth School of Business, who left the political association.^[1]

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