Raffaele Bonanni (born 10 June 1949) is an Italian former trade union organizer. Born in Bomba,

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, Bonanni began his activity as a

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operator in 1972, after attending a course at the "Centro Studi CISL" in

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. In 1981 he became general secretary of the

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(CISL) of

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and then in 1989 he was elected general secretary of the Sicilian CISL. In 1991 he was elected secretary of Filca, a sub-association of the CISL, which involves about 250,000 subscribers. He was vice president of the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW). In 1998 he entered the

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of CISL, being elected general secretary on April 27, 2006. He resigned on September 24, 2014.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonanni, Raffaele 1949 births Living people Italian trade unionists People from the Province of Chieti