Liberal Democrats (Italy)
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Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democratici |
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| President | Italo Tanoni |
| Vice President | Francesco Pifferi |
| Coordinator | Alessandro Campagnioli |
| Founder | Lamberto Dini |
| Founded | 18 September 2007 |
| Split from | Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy |
| Headquarters | via di Ripetta, 142 00186 Rome |
| Ideology |
Liberalism Centrism |
| National affiliation | none |
| European affiliation | none |
| International affiliation | none |
| European Parliament group | no MEPs |
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| http://www.liberal-democratici.it | |
The Liberal Democrats (Italian: Liberal Democratici, LD), whose complete name is Liberal Democrats for Renewal (Liberal Democratici per il Rinnovamento), are a liberal and centrist political party in Italy.
The party, whose current leader is Italo Tanoni, traces its roots in Italian Renewal, which was folded into Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy in 2002. Italian Renewal's and the Liberal Democrats' leader was Lamberto Dini, who had previously served as Director-General of the Bank of Italy (1979–1994) under Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Minister of the Treasury (1994–1995) under Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister (1995–1996) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1996–2001) under Romano Prodi, Massimo D'Alema and Giuliano Amato. In the run-up of the foundation of the Democratic Party in 2007, Dini and his group quit and formed the Liberal Democrats, which would temporarily join The People of Freedom. In 2008 Dini stayed in that party, partying ways from his Liberal Democrats, who continued to be active as an autonomous party.
The party was founded on 18 September 2007 as a right-wing split from Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL), in opposition to the formation of the Democratic Party (PD), of which Lamberto Dini had originally been a founding member. The new party was a sort of continuation of the defunct Italian Renewal party, which had been merged into DL in 2002, but had continued to be active as liberal-centrist faction within it. The party was joined by three senators (Natale D'Amico, Giuseppe Scalera and Dini himself), a deputy (Italo Tanoni), an under-secretary (Daniela Melchiorre) and two regional councillors (Rosario Monteleone in Liguria and Antonio Verini in Abruzzo). Dini was elected party president, Tanoni coordinator and Scalera leader in the Senate, where Liberal Democrats were able to form a sub-group within the Mixed Group.
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