Francesco Pionati (born 15 July 1958 in

Avellino Avellino () is a city and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ...

), is an

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and journalist. Son of Giovanni Pionati, former mayor of Avellino, he went into the

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television on direct reporting by

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and he started working on

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. In 1987 he worked as parliamentary journalist and in the 2000s, under the direction of Clemente Mimun, He became vice-director of TG1. Pionati also worked for several newspapers, he has been part of the Film Commission's Ministerial Commission and in 2004 was appointed to the board of directors of Cinecittà Holding. However, Pionati resigned from this office for criticisms about his appointment. In the

2006 Italian general election The 2006 Italian general election was held on 9 and 10 April 2006. Romano Prodi, leader of the centre-left coalition The Union, narrowly defeated the incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the centre-right coalition House of Freed ...

he was candidate for the Senate with the

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, taking over the outgoing

Salvatore Cuffaro Salvatore "Totò" Cuffaro (born 21 February 1958) is a former Italian politician and former President of Sicily. He has served an almost 5-year jail sentence for aiding Cosa Nostra.2008 Italian general election A snap election was held in Italy on 13–14 April 2008. The election came after President of Italy, President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved the Italian Parliament on 6 February 2008, following the 2008 Italian political crisis, defeat of the gov ...

he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, but on 28 November 2008, in disagreement with the departure of Casini from the centre-right, he left the UDC and founded a new party, Alliance of the Centre, that entered in the majority of the government led by

Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; 29 September 193612 June 2023) was an Italian Media proprietor, media tycoon and politician who served as the prime minister of Italy in three governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a mem ...

.Pionati lascia l'Udc: «Torno con Silvio»
/ref> He was candidate in the 2013 regional election in Lazio into the ''Storace List'', but he wasn't elected.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pionati, Francesco 1958 births Living people People from Avellino Union of the Centre (2002) politicians Alliance of the Centre (Italy) politicians Senators of Legislature XV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy Politicians of Campania Italian journalists