Bruno Tabacci (born 27 August 1946) is an Italian

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and member of the

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. He is the president of the Democratic Centre. In the past, he was member of

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and served as the president of Lombardy from 1987 to 1989.

Biography

Tabacci was born in

Quistello, Lombardy Quistello ( Lower Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Mantua. Quistello borders the following municipalities: Concordia sul ...

, in 1946. He later graduated in

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analy ...

University of Parma The University of Parma ( it, Università degli Studi di Parma, UNIPR) is a public university in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is organised in nine departments. As of 2016 the University of Parma has about 26,000 students. History During the ...

and worked as a consultant in economy and finance. During the early 1980s, he entered in the Ministry of Industry together with

Giovanni Marcora Giovanni Marcora (22 December 1922 – 5 February 1983) was an Italian businessman, politician and minister. Biography He was born at Inveruno, near Milan. After the Armistice with Italy of 8 September 1943, aged 21, Marcora entered the I ...

and, subsequently, served as head of the Technical Secretariat at the Minister of Treasury with

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. From 1970 to 1985, Tabacci served for the

(DC) party as city councillor for several municipalities in the

province of Mantua The Province of Mantua ( it, provincia di Mantova; Mantovano, Lower Mantovano: ; Upper Mantovano: ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Mantua. It is bordered to the north-east by the Province ...

, including

Mantua Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard language, Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture ...

itself. From 1985 to 1991, he was regional councillor of Lombardy and from 1987 to 1989 he also served as President of the Region, during which he dealt with the disastrous flood in

Valtellina Valtellina or the Valtelline (occasionally spelled as two words in English: Val Telline; rm, Vuclina (); lmo, Valtelina or ; german: Veltlin; it, Valtellina) is a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bordering Switzerland. To ...

, from July to September 1987. In 1988, he became President of " Alpe-Adria", an association of Alpine and Adriatic Regions, an experience of significant international cooperation with areas in

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before the fall of the Berlin wall. In 1990, he became head of the DC council group and then vice-president of the regional council. In 1991, he served as President of the Committee for restructuring the livestock sector at the Ministry of Agriculture. After the

1992 Italian general election The 1992 Italian general election was held on 5 and 6 April 1992.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1048 They were the first without the traditionally second most important political force in Italian ...

, Tabacci was elected to the

for

–

Cremona Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' (Po Valley). It is the capital of the ...

constituency; during the legislature, he served as member of the Budget Commission and proposer of the Financial Act 1994 laid out by the

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. He was on the board of administration of

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, Snam, Efibanca. Between 1999 and 2000 he was president of Autocisa (A15

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second mos ...

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), from which he resigned when he became a Parliamentary candidate. He was re-elected Parliamentary Deputy in 2001 for the

House of Freedoms The House of Freedoms ( it, Casa delle Libertà, CdL) was a major centre-right political and electoral alliance in Italy, led by Silvio Berlusconi. History The CdL was the successor of the Pole of Freedoms/ Pole of Good Government and the Pol ...

in the constituency of

Castiglione delle Stiviere Castiglione delle Stiviere ( Upper Mantovano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Mantua, in Lombardy, Italy, northwest of Mantua by road. History The town's castle was home to a cadet branch of the House of Gonzaga, headed by the Mar ...

. He joined the group UDC (CCD-CDU). In June 2001 he was elected president of the tenth parliamentary commission for production, commerce and tourism. On 11 December 2001 he was appointed Coordinator of VAST, committee for the assessment of scientific and technological decisions, by decree from the President of the Chamber. In August 2002 he was appointed President of the Italian-Mexican co-operation commission. In 2006 he was re-elected Parliamentary Deputy for UDC and became a member of the Treasury commission. In 2008 Tabacci founded, together with Savino Pezzotta and

Mario Baccini Mario Baccini (born 14 December 1957 in Rome) is an Italian politician, former member of the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats and promoter of the White Rose. Biography He started his political activity as town councilor in Rome, for t ...

, the White Rose party and was re-elected Deputy among the ranks of the Union of the Centre. In 2012 Tabacci founded the Democratic Centre and with this party, allied with the PD, was re-elected Deputy in 2013. In 2018 Tabacci granted to

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the symbol of the Democratic Centre to exempt it from the collection of signatures, required by Italian law to present the list for the elections (while the parties that elected MPs in the previous election are exempted).Rosatellum, Tabacci: "Esenzione simbolo Centro Democratico a disposizione per lista Bonino"
/ref> In the 2018 general election he was thus re-elected in the ''Milano 1'' uninominal constituency.

References

External links

Official website

Bruno Tabacci
at the

Italian Chamber of Deputies The Chamber of Deputies ( it, Camera dei deputati) is the lower house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Senate of the Republic). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral system, meaning they perform identical funct ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tabacci, Bruno 1946 births Living people Politicians from the Province of Mantua Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians Italian People's Party (1994) politicians Democratic Union for the Republic politicians Christian Democratic Centre politicians Union of the Centre (2002) politicians The Rose for Italy politicians Alliance for Italy politicians Democratic Centre (Italy) politicians Deputies of Legislature XI of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy Presidents of Lombardy University of Parma alumni