Renato Schifani
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Senator Renato Schifani |
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| President of the Senate | |
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In office 29 April 2008 – 14 March 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Franco Marini |
| Succeeded by | Pietro Grasso |
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11 May 1950 Palermo, Italy |
| Political party |
Forza Italia (2016-present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Christian Democracy (until 1994) Forza Italia (1994-2009) The People of Freedom (2009-2013) New Centre-Right (2013-2016) |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Renato Maria Giuseppe Schifani (Italian pronunciation: [reˈnato skiˈfani]; born 11 May 1950) is an Italian politician. He was a prominent member of the centre-right People of Freedom, before he joined the New Centre-Right party in 2013. From 29 April 2008 to 15 March 2013 he was President of the Italian Senate. Schifani was born in Palermo.
Schifani worked as a lawyer who specialised in trials at the Supreme Court of Cassation (Italian: Corte Suprema di Cassazione), the major court of last resort. He specialized in real estate regulations and became active in the debt collecting business. Filippo Mancuso, the former Minister of Justice born in Palermo, termed Schifani “the prince of debt collectors” (“il principe del recupero crediti”). Prior to joining Forza Italia in 1995, he was an active member of Christian Democracy. Elected in 1996 in the Altofonte-Corleone district in Sicily, Schifani served as Silvio Berlusconi's chief whip in the Italian Senate.
In 2002, Schifani was a protagonist in the attempt to secure the embedding of the provisional Article 41-bis prison regime – used against people imprisoned for particular crimes such as Mafia involvement – as a definitive measure in Italian law.
Schifani and Antonio Maccanico, senator of the centre left L’Ulivo (Olive Tree) political coalition, gave their name to a bill aimed at granting immunity to the top five representatives of the State, including Silvio Berlusconi (although the other four were not facing trial). After extensive revisions of the text of the law by the Senate, Maccanico withdraw his name from the project. The lodo Schifani decree was then approved in June 2003 by the Italian parliament guaranteeing immunity to Silvio Berlusconi. The law was subsequently declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court on January 13, 2004.
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