Ivan Scalfarotto
| Ivan Scalfarotto | |
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| Vice President of the Democratic Party | |
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In office 7 November 2009 – 15 December 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
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| Born |
16 August 1965 Pescara, Italy |
| Political party |
Democratic Party (since 2007) Olive Tree (1998-2007) Greens (1988-1995) |
| Profession | Politician |
Ivan Scalfarotto (born 16 August 1965) is an Italian politician and activist, committed to LGBT rights. He was nominated to the national leadership of the center-left in the primary elections of The Union in 2005 and since 2009 is the vice president of the Democratic Party. He has been elected in the Chamber of Deputies after the 2013 general election.
In 2003, while he was living in London he founded the first foreign club association of Freedom and Justice, and two years later he stand for election primaries The Union: after some initial difficulties to achieve the sufficient number of signatures for subscription, is able to submit the application. The primaries are held 16 October 2005 with seven candidates: Scalfarotto placed sixth, collecting 26,912 votes (0.6% of the vote), behind Romano Prodi, who received the investiture of the candidate for Prime Minister of the coalition, Fausto Bertinotti, Clemente Mastella, Antonio Di Pietro and Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio.
Among the ideas that inspire his campaign are the main attention to personal merit, public administration and politics, the fight against gerontocracy and support of secularism. Openly gay, is a supporter of the introduction of same sex marriage and the possibility to ask children for adoption by homosexual couples. After his return to work, but moving in the Moscow office, while his supporters founded a political association, "I'm Attending", of which he is president Scalfarotto, to bring forward the ideas that fueled his campaign beyond the primaries of 2005.
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