Gianfranco Micciché
| The Honourable Gianfranco Micciché | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 15 April 1994 – 28 April 2008 | |
| Constituency | Sicily 3 |
| Minister for Development and Territorial Cohesion | |
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In office 23 April 2005 – 17 May 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Succeeded by | Raffaele Fitto (since 2008) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 April 1954 Palermo, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party |
Lotta Continua (1969–1976) Forza Italia (1994–2009) The People of Freedom (2009-2010) Force of the South (2010–2011) Great South (2011-2013) Forza Italia (2013-present) |
| Profession | Politician, Business executive |
Gianfranco Micciché (born 1 April 1954 in Palermo, Sicily) is an Italian politician.
Biography
Gianfranco Micciché was born into a wealthy family of Palermo.
He was Business executive at the IRFIS company for eleven years.
In 1984, thanks to the knowledge of Marcello Dell'Utri, he became executive of Publitalia '80, a company led by Silvio Berlusconi. In 1993, together with other men of Publitalia '80, he joined Forza Italia, of which he was appointed regional coordinator in Sicily. In the 1994 general election he was elected for the first time in the Chamber of Deputies and served as Undersecretary at the Ministry of Transport and Navigation in the Berlusconi I Cabinet.
At the 1997 local elections he was candidate as mayor of Palermo for the Pole for Freedoms, but he was defeated by Leoluca Orlando.
In 2001 he served as Vice-Minister of Economy and Finance in the Berlusconi II Cabinet and in 2005 he was appointed Minister for Development and Territorial Cohesion in the Berlusconi III Cabinet.
In the 2006 Sicilian regional election he was elected in the Sicilian Regional Assembly, of which he was appointed President.
In the 2008 general election he was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies. On 12 May 2008 the Council of Ministers appointed Micciché as Undersecretary of State with responsibility for CIPE (Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning).
In 2010 he left The People of Freedom to found his own party, Force of the South, that in 2011 changed name into Great South.
At the 2012 Sicilian regional election he was candidate as President of the region and he gained the 15.41% of the votes, thus contributing to the defeat of the centre-right candidate Nello Musumeci and to the victory of the candidate of the centre-left Rosario Crocetta.
In the 2013 general election he was candidate for the Senate with his party Great South, but he was not elected. Subsequently, he was appointed as Undersecretary of State for Public Administration and Simplification in the Letta Cabinet but he resigned in August after that the Court of Cassation notified the condemnation of Berlusconi.[1]
In November 2013 he joined the reborn Forza Italia.
In the 2014 European Parliament election he was candidate with Forza Italia, but he was not again elected.
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| Preceded by - |
Minister for Development and Territorial Cohesion 2010 - 2015 |
Succeeded by Raffaele Fitto (since 2008) |
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| Preceded by Title jointly held |
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Legislatures XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI 1994 - 2013 |
Succeeded by Title jointly held |
Berlusconi III Cabinet (2005–06) | ||
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