Raffaele Fitto
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The Honourable Raffaele Fitto |
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| Vice-Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists Italian Delegation |
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Assumed office 13 December 2016 |
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| Chairman | Syed Kamall |
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Ryszard Legutko Roberts Zīle Helga Stevens Geoffrey Van Orden Hans-Olaf Henkel |
| President of Conservatives and Reformists | |
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Assumed office 16 July 2015 |
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| Vice President | Daniele Capezzone |
| Preceded by | new party |
| European Conservatives and Reformists Group - Member of the Bureau for Italy | |
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In office 21 May 2015 – 12 December 2016 |
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| President | Syed Kamall (as Chairman) |
| Preceded by | new office |
| Succeeded by | himself as Vice President (Vice Chairman) of ECRG |
| Minister of Italian Republic for Regional Affairs and Local Communities |
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In office 8 May 2008 – 16 November 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Linda Lanzillotta |
| Succeeded by | Piero Gnudi, Fabrizio Barca |
| Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 28 April 2006 – 25 June 2014 |
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| Preceded by | new election |
| Succeeded by | Nicola Ciracì |
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Leader of Opposition in Apulian Regional Council |
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In office 4 April 2005 – 28 April 2006 |
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| President | Nichi Vendola |
| Preceded by | Nichi Vendola |
| Succeeded by | Rocco Palese |
| President of Apulia | |
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In office 16 April 2000 – 4 April 2005 |
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| Vice President | Giuseppe Brienza (2000-01)Giovanni Copertino (2001-05) |
| Preceded by | Salvatore Distaso |
| Succeeded by | Nichi Vendola |
| Member of European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | new election |
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In office 20 July 1999 – 20 June 2000 |
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| Preceded by | new election |
| Succeeded by | Generoso Andria |
| Vice President of Apulia | |
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In office 23 April 1995 – 7 February 1998 |
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| President | Salvatore Distaso |
| Preceded by | Vincenzo Savino |
| Succeeded by | Rocco Palese |
| Member of Apulian Regional Council | |
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In office 6 May 1990 – 6 June 2006 |
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| Preceded by | new election |
| Succeeded by | Enrico Santaniello |
| Personal details | |
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28 August 1968 Maglie, Apulia, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party |
Italian People's Party (1994-1995) United Christian Democrats (1995-1998) Forza Italia historical party (1998-2009) The People of Freedom (PDL) (2009-2013) Forza Italia new name of PDL (2013-2015) Conservatives and Reformists (2015-present) |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Catholic Church |
| Website | www |
Raffaele Fitto (born 28 August 1969) is an Italian politician, leader of Conservatives and Reformists, an Italian conservative party.
Raffaele Fitto was born in Maglie, Province of Lecce. His father, Salvatore Fitto, who was an exponent of the Christian Democracy (DC) and President of Apulia from 1985, died in 1988. Raffaele Fitto became regional councilor of Apulia in 1990 for DC; in 1995, he was re-elected councilor for Forza Italia (FI), and he became vice-president of Apulia in Salvatore Distaso's government. In 1999 he was elected at European Parliament for FI (Berlusconi's party member of EPP), but in 2000 Fitto resign because he was elected President of Apulia: on April 2005 he was again candidate for Apulia's presidency, but he was defeated by the left-wing candidate Nichi Vendola, with a difference of 14,000 votes, a small margin. In the same year he became Forza Italia's regional co-ordinator, and in 2006 he was elected parliamentary at the Chamber of Deputies (known also as Montecitorio) for Forza Italia; in 2008 he was re-elected in Montecitorio for the new political party (member of EPP) The People of Freedom (PDL), merger of Forza Italia (FI) and National Alliance (AN, non-member of EPP). In May 2008 Fitto was appointed Minister for Regional Affairs and Local Communities in Berlusconi IV Cabinet; he held the position until November 16, 2011. In February 2013 he was re-elected in Montecitorio for PDL.
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