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Carlo Giovanardi

Carlo Giovanardi
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Member of the Senate
Assumed office
29 April 2008
Constituency Emilia-Romagna
Minister for Relations with the Parliament
In office
11 June 2001 – 17 May 2006
Preceded by Patrizia Toia
Succeeded by Vannino Chiti
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
23 April 1992 – 28 April 2008
Constituency Emilia-Romagna
Personal details
Born (1950-01-15) 15 January 1950 (age 67)
Modena, Italy
Political party PpI (2015–present)
NCD (2013–15)
PdL (2009–13)
PL (2008–09)
UDC (2002–08)
CCD (1994–2002)
DC (before 1994)

Carlo Amedeo Giovanardi (born 15 January 1950, in Modena) is an Italian politician, member of the Senate, and leader of the socially conservative wing of the New Centre-Right party.

Il 10 aprile [2017], L'Espresso rivela che il senatore Carlo Giovanardi è indagato dall'antimafia.

Giovanardi graduated in jurisprudence and did his military service in the Carabinieri. His political experience began in 1969, when he joined the Christian Democracy party (DC).

His first elected position was as a City Councilor in Modena, followed by that of Christian Democrat in the Regional Council of the Emilia Romagna. In 1992, he was elected as a member of the Chamber of Deputies and in the successive legislature on the Christian Democrat list. Subsequently, he became an exponent and founding member of the Christian Democratic Centre (CCD).

Giovanardi has been President of the parliamentary group of the Christian Democratic Centre and Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies.

In the 2001 Italian Elections, Giovanardi was elected Deputy representing Lecco for Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition House of Freedoms, as part of the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC).

From 11 June 2001, until May 2006, he was Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, in Berlusconi's second and third governments.

In the 2006 Italian general election, Giovanardi became Deputy representing the Veneto-2 constituency. He is President of the Committee for the Authorizations and President of the Parliamentary Committee for accusation procedures. He is also member of the Institutional Transactions Commission of the Chamber of Deputies.


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