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Alfredo Biondi

Alfredo Biondi

Italian politician and lawyer (1928–2020)

Alfredo Biondi (29 June 1928 – 24 June 2020) was an Italian politician and lawyer. In 1994 he served as Minister of Justice of the Italian Republic during the first cabinet chaired by Silvio Berlusconi.[2]

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Biography

Born in Pisa, Biondi was Secretary of the Italian Liberal Party (PLI) from 1985 to 1986, and later its president. He was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from June 1968 to May 1972, and then from June 1983 to April 2006. He was a Senator from April 2006 to April 2008.

In 1993, together with the last PLI leader, Raffaele Costa, Biondi founded the Union of the Centre, a small faction of the new Forza Italia (FI) party. He served as Minister of Justice for a period of eight months (having previously served also as Ecology Minister in the 1980s).[3] Biondi was appointed President of Forza Italia's National Council in 2004.[3]

Following the dissolution of Forza Italia in 2009, Biondi remained in its successor organisation, the People of Freedom (PdL), for a further two years before leaving to join the refounded Italian Liberal Party. In 2014, Biondi was among a group of disaffected members who broke from that party to form The Liberals (I Liberali).[citation needed]

Honour

  •  Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (14 october 2011)[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Alfredo Biondi's profile at the Italian Senate (in Italian)
  2. [2]
    Gumbel, Andrew (4 February 1995). "Ex-minister falls foul of TV trick". London: Independent. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Hon. Alfredo Biondi turned 80". Pro-Deo State University. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it. Retrieved 24 October 2022.


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