Publio Fiori (25 March 1938 – 16 July 2024) was an Italian politician. He was born in

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and graduated in law. He became a member of

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, to which he belonged for much of his political career. In 1977, a commando of Brigate Rosse (communist terrorists) shot him in the legs and thorax. Fiori is often included in the list of those belonging to

Propaganda Due (; P2) was a Masonic lodge, founded in 1877, within the tradition of Continental Freemasonry and under the authority of Grand Orient of Italy. Its Masonic charter was withdrawn in 1976, and it was transformed by Worshipful Master Licio Gell ...

(P2), a

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operating illegally (in contravention of the

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banning secret lodges, and membership of government officials in secret membership organizations) from 1976 to 1981. In 2001, however, the Court of Rome ruled out his membership of P2. On 1 July 1992, he became undersecretary at the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications in the

Giuliano Amato Giuliano Amato (; born 13 May 1938) is an Italian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy, first from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2001. Upon Arnaldo Forlani's death in July 2023, Amato became the country's earliest-servin ...

cabinet, while on 6 May 1993, he was appointed undersecretary at the Ministry of Public Health. When in 1993 the Christian Democracy, then being wiped out by the

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corruption scandal, opened an alliance with the post-communist

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, Fiori, traditionally tied to the right-wing of DC, abandoned the party. In 1995, he was one of the founders of

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(AN), collecting most of the members of the former post-fascist

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 ...

. He was Minister of Transportations in the first

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 ...

cabinet. Fiori abandoned AN in 2005, dissenting with some lay-oriented moves of secretary

Gianfranco Fini Gianfranco Fini (born 3 January 1952) is a retired Italian politician who served as the president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2013 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006. He is the former leader of the far-right Italian ...

, and moved to

Christian Democracy for Autonomies Christian Democracy for Autonomies (, DCA) was a minor Christian-democratic political party in Italy, led by Gianfranco Rotondi. Later incarnations of the party, also led by Rotondi, include Christian Revolution, Green is Popular and Christia ...

, of which he was named president. In July 2006, he was expelled by this movement with accusations of having organized an illegal national congress. On 1 October 2006, Fiori founded with

Clelio Darida Clelio Darida (3 May 1927 – 11 May 2017) was an Italian politician. He was mayor of Rome and minister of the Italian Republic. Biography Darida was born in Rome in 1927. Starting from June 1960, he was member of Rome's municipal council for h ...

the

Christian Democratic Refoundation Popular Rebirth (, RP) is a minor Christian-democratic political party in Italy, led by Publio Fiori, a former right-wing Christian Democrat and, later, leading member of the National Alliance from 1994 to 2005. It was founded in October 2006 as ...

party, of which he was appointed national secretary. On 23 March 2010, Fiori formed an alliance with

Francesco Rutelli Francesco Rutelli (born 14 June 1954) is an Italian journalist and former politician, who is the president of National Association of Film and Audiovisual Industry, since October 2016 and re-elected for the 2020–2022 term, plus ANICA Servizi. ...

Alliance for Italy Alliance for Italy (; ApI) was a centrist political party in Italy. The party, which was described in its manifesto as "democratic, liberal, popular" as opposed both to "right-wing populism" and the "social-democratic left", described as "an e ...

. Fiori died in

on 16 July 2024, at the age of 86.È morto l’ex parlamentare Publio Fiori, l’annuncio in Aula della Camera
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