Denis Verdini (born 8 May 1951) is an Italian politician, banker, and convicted felon.
Biography
Born in
Fivizzano, he graduated in Political Sciences and later became president of the local cooperative bank
Credito Cooperativo Fiorentino.
A local councillor for the
Italian Socialist Party
The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-living parties of the country.
Founded in Genoa in 1892 ...
in the late 1980s, he began his political career in the
Italian Republican Party
The Italian Republican Party ( it, Partito Repubblicano Italiano, PRI) is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Italy. Founded in 1895, the PRI is the oldest political party still active in Italy.
The PRI has old roots and a long hist ...
, without being elected in the
1994 Italian general election
The 1994 Italian general election was held on 27 and 28 March 1994 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic for the 12th legislature. Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition won a large majority in the Chamb ...
s. After
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies ...
's victory in those elections, he became a member of his
Forza Italia
Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...
party. He was subsequently elected in the
Italian Parliament
The Italian Parliament ( it, Parlamento italiano) is the national parliament of the Italian Republic. It is the representative body of Italian citizens and is the successor to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1943), the transitio ...
in
2001
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,
2006 and
2008
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. He is a minor shareholder (15%) of the newspaper ''
Il Foglio''.
In 2009, after Berlusconi created
The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom ( it, Il Popolo della Libertà , PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL, launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007, was initially a federation of political parties, notably including Forza Italia ...
, he was named member of the national coordination office, together with
Ignazio La Russa
Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa (born 18 July 1947) is an Italian politician who is serving as President of the Senate of the Republic since 13 October 2022. He is the first politician with a neo-fascist background to hold the position of Presi ...
and
Sandro Bondi
Sandro Bondi (born 14 May 1959) is an Italian politician. He served as minister of culture from 2008 to 2011, in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet.
Biography
Bondi was born in Fivizzano, province of Massa-Carrara, Italy. He first attended school at L ...
.
On 23 July 2010 he resigned as president of Credito Cooperativo Fiorentino after his involvement in the so-called "P3" scandal, in which he has been charged for participation in illegal secret activities, aiming to influence the verdict of the
Italian Constitutional Court
The Constitutional Court of the Italian Republic ( it, Corte costituzionale della Repubblica Italiana) is the highest court of Italy in matters of constitutional law. Sometimes, the name ''Consulta'' is used as a metonym for it, because its sessi ...
regarding the
Lodo Alfano (the law was later declared anti-constitutional).
In July 2015, Verdini left
Forza Italia
Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...
and founded a new political party
Liberal Popular Alliance, in support of
Matteo Renzi
Matteo Renzi (; born 11 January 1975) is an Italian politician who served as prime minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a senator for Florence since 2018. Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva (IV) since 2019, having b ...
's government.
In March 2016 the Senator Denis Verdini was sentenced by the Seventh Criminal Chamber of the Court of Rome to two years for complicity in corruption relating for the renovation of the Marshals School of Florence.
Denis Verdini condannato a 2 anni per corruzione per Scuola dei Marescialli. Minoranza dem e M5s attaccano Renzi
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References
External links
Profile at ''Italian Chamber of Deputies'' Official website
(in Italian)
1951 births
Living people
Forza Italia politicians
People from the Province of Massa-Carrara
Italian Republican Party politicians
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy)
The People of Freedom politicians
Forza Italia (2013) politicians
Members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy)
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