
Francesco Pontone (30 March 1927 – 2 July 2019) was an Italian politician.
He has been a Senator from 1987 to 2013 and served as Undersecretary for of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship in the
Berlusconi I government.
Pontone was a member of the
Italian Social Movement
The Italian Social Movement (, MSI) was a neo-fascist political party in Italy. A far-right party, it presented itself until the 1990s as the defender of Italian fascism's legacy, and later moved towards national conservatism. In 1972, the Itali ...
, of
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Electoral alliances
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Political parties and organizations ...
(of which he was treasurer) and of
The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom (, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL launched by Silvio Berlusconi as an electoral list, including and National Alliance, on 27 February for the 2008 Italian general election. The list was later t ...
. In 2010 he joined the new
Future and Freedom
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party of
Gianfranco Fini
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, but in 2011 he returned to the PdL.
He died in 2019 at the age of 92.
Muore a 92 anni Franco Pontone storica figura della destra italiana
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References
1927 births
2019 deaths
Senators of Legislature X of Italy
Senators of Legislature XI of Italy
Senators of Legislature XII of Italy
Senators of Legislature XIII of Italy
Senators of Legislature XVI of Italy
Senators of Legislature XV of Italy
Italian Social Movement politicians
National Alliance (Italy) politicians
The People of Freedom politicians
Future and Freedom politicians
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