Teodoro Buontempo (21 January 1946 – 24 April 2013) was an Italian politician. Born in

Carunchio Carunchio is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. History The first mention dates back to 1173 in a papal bull that confirmed the boundaries of the diocese of Chieti. It was later held by the d'Avalos a ...

Chieti Chieti (, ; , , ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Southern Italy, east of Rome. It is the capital of the province of Chieti, in the Abruzzo, Abruzzo region. In Italian, the adjectival form is ''teatino'' and inhabitants of Chieti ar ...

, and a graduate in accounting, Buontempo first became involved in politics while living in

Ortona Ortona ( Abruzzese: '; ) is a coastal town and municipality of the Province of Chieti in the Italian region of Abruzzo, with some 23,000 inhabitants. In 1943 Ortona was the site of the bloody Battle of Ortona, known as "Western Stalingrad". ...

. In 1968, he moved to Rome where he founded one of the first free Italian radio stations, "Radio Alternativa", whose headquarters in Via Sommacampagna became the focus of dozens of initiatives involving young members 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 ...

(MSI-DN). A member of the Central Committee of the MSI-DN from the 1970s, in 1981 he was elected a city councilor in Rome, and was continually re-elected until 1997. He was also a member of the

Italian parliament The Italian Parliament () is the national parliament of the Italy, Italian Republic. It is the representative body of Italian citizens and is the successor to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861), the Parliament of the Kingd ...

from 1992 to 2006, first with MSI-DN and then, after that party's dissolution in 1995, with

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(AN). In 2007, he left the AN due to disagreements with the party 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 joined the movement

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, in which he remained president until his death. From 2010 until his death he was also assessor to the Lazio Regional government under

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buontempo, Teodoro 1946 births 2013 deaths People from the Province of Chieti Italian Social Movement politicians National Alliance (Italy) politicians The Right (Italy) politicians Deputies of Legislature XI of Italy Deputies of Legislature XII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XV of Italy Politicians of Abruzzo