Antonio Bassolino
| Antonio Bassolino | |
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| President of Campania | |
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In office 11 May 2000 – 29 March 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Andrea Losco |
| Succeeded by | Stefano Caldoro |
| Mayor of Naples | |
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In office 6 December 1993 – 24 March 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Francesco Tagliamonte |
| Succeeded by | Rosa Russo Iervolino |
| Minister of Work and Social Security | |
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In office 21 October 1998 – 6 June 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Massimo D'Alema |
| Preceded by | Tiziano Treu |
| Succeeded by | Cesare Salvi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 March 1947 Afragola, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party |
Democratic Party (2007-present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Italian Communist Party (1970-1991) Democratic Party of the Left (1991-1998) Democrats of the Left (1998-2007) |
| Residence | Naples, Italy |
Antonio Bassolino, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (born March 20, 1947 in Afragola, Province of Naples) is an Italian politician. He has been President of the Campania region from 2000 to 2010 and Mayor of Naples from 1993 to 2000.
Bassolino was born in Afragola, Campania. At 17 he entered the Federation of Young Italian Communists, and in 1970 became a member of the regional council for the Italian Communist Party (PCI), and, the following year, secretary of the party section in Avellino. He held the latter position until 1975, when he became regional secretary for the PCI; from 1972, he was member of the party's national committee. In 1987, he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in the college of Catanzaro, becoming president of the Parliament media committee in 1990.
In the process leading to the split-up of the PCI into the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Party of the Communist Refoundation (PRC), Bassolino represented the moderate wing that sought mediation. Eventually, he joined the PDS.
In 1992, he was reelected to the Chamber, and, in 1993, he was sent to Naples to reform the local section of PDS — which had been involved in the Tangentopoli bribe scandal. It was there that he gained fame as a "hardman," a reputation which surfaced during the subsequent election for mayor, which he won by defeating the right-wing candidate, Alessandra Mussolini.
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