Alfredo Biondi (29 June 1928 – 24 June 2020) was an Italian politician and lawyer. In 1994 he served as Minister of Justice of the Italian Republic during the first cabinet chaired by Silvio Berlusconi.[2]
Alfredo Biondi | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Giovanni Conso |
| Succeeded by | Filippo Mancuso |
| Minister of the Environment | |
| In office 4 August 1983 – 30 July 1984 | |
| Prime Minister | Bettino Craxi |
| Preceded by | Enstablished office |
| Succeeded by | Valerio Zanone |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 5 June 1968 – 24 May 1972 | |
| In office 20 June 1979 – 27 April 2006 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 27 April 2006 – 28 April 2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 June 1928[1] Pisa, Italy |
| Died | 24 June 2020 (aged 91) Genoa, Italy |
| Political party | PLI (before 1994) FI (1994–2009) PdL (2009–2011) PLI (2011–2014) The Liberals (from 2014) |
Biography edit
Born in Pisa, Biondi was Secretary of the Italian Liberal Party (PLI) from 1985 to 1986, and later its president. He was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from June 1968 to May 1972, and then from June 1983 to April 2006. He was a Senator from April 2006 to April 2008.
In 1993, together with the last PLI leader, Raffaele Costa, Biondi founded the Union of the Centre, a small faction of the new Forza Italia (FI) party. He served as Minister of Justice for a period of eight months (having previously served also as Ecology Minister in the 1980s).[3] Biondi was appointed President of Forza Italia's National Council in 2004.[3]
Following the dissolution of Forza Italia in 2009, Biondi remained in its successor organisation, the People of Freedom (PdL), for a further two years before leaving to join the refounded Italian Liberal Party. In 2014, Biondi was among a group of disaffected members who broke from that party to form The Liberals (I Liberali).[citation needed]
Honour edit
References edit
- ^ Alfredo Biondi's profile at the Italian Senate (in Italian)
- ^ Gumbel, Andrew (4 February 1995). "Ex-minister falls foul of TV trick". London: Independent. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Hon. Alfredo Biondi turned 80". Pro-Deo State University. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
External links edit
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