Antonello Soro (born Antonio Giuseppe Soro, 26 November 1948) is an Italian politician from the Democratic Party.

Biography

Soro graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the

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and began his career as a primary doctor. In the early 1970s, Soro started his political experience in the

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youth movement and is elected Mayor of

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in 1979, holding the seat for 18 months. Very close to

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, Soro took part in the birth of the Italian People's Party, with which he is elected to the

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in 1994 and 1996. In 1997, Soro has been appointed the coordinator of the national secretariat of the PPI led by

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. He later joined

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and is re-confirmed to the

in 2001 and 2006. In 2007, Soro is one of the 45 members of the National Constituent Committee for the Democratic Party and is appointed first group leader of the party at the

, a role that was reconfirmed in 2008. In 2008 Soro and the group leader in the

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, due to their role as group leaders, are appointed Ministers for Parliamentary Relations in the Shadow Cabinet led by

Walter Veltroni Walter Veltroni (; born 3 July 1955) is an Italian writer, film director, journalist and politician. He served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the Italian centre-left opposition until his resignation on 17 February 2009. H ...

. He left the office of group leader in 2009, after the 2009 Democratic Party primaries and is replaced by Dario Franceschini, and resigned from the

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in 2012, when he was elected member and then president of the Guarantor for the protection of personal data.

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*Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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