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Fausto Bertinotti (born on 22 March 1940) is an Italian politician and former leader of the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, now replaced by Franco Giordano. On April 29, 2006, after center-left coalition's victory in the Italian general election, he was chosen by the new parliament as President of the Chamber of Deputies (the Italian Parliament Lower House). Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... These are some of the honorifics used in Italy. ... Back side of Palazzo Montecitorio designed by architect Ernesto Basile. ... is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... Pierferdinando Casini Pier Ferdinando (or Pierferdinando) Casini (born on 3 December 1955 in Bologna, Italy) is an Italian politician, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2006, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and member of the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC) party. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). ... The Communist Refoundation Party (Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC) is an Italian reformed communist party. ... Syndicalism is a political and economic ideology which advocates giving control of both industry and government to labor union federations. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics, sometimes this may include political scientists. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The Communist Refoundation Party (Italian: Partito della Rifondazione Comunista) is an Italian reformed communist party. ... Francesco Franco Giordano (born August 26, 1957) is an Italian politician. ... is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Back side of Palazzo Montecitorio designed by architect Ernesto Basile. ...

Life

Trade unionist

Bertinotti was born in Precotto, a neighbourhood in Milan. A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community located within a larger city, town or suburb. ... For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). ...

After completing his education in Milan, he joined the CGIL (General Confederation of Italian Labour) in 1964, becoming secretary of the local organisation of the Federazione Italiana degli Operai Tessili (Italian Textile Workers Federation). Three years later, he became president of the labour chamber of Novara. From 1975 to 1985 he was regional secretary of the CGIL in Piedmont. In 1972 he joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI), and soon afterwards became the leader of the most left-wing tendency in the CGIL, called "Essere Sindacato" (to be a union), which harshly criticised the consensus politics of the majority. For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). ... The Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL) is a national trade union centre in Italy. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Novara is a city of Piedmont, in North-west Italy, to the west of Milan. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... For other uses, see Piedmont (disambiguation). ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) or Italian Communist Party emerged as Partito Comunista dItalia or Communist Party of Italy from a secession by the Leninist comunisti puri tendency from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) during that bodys congress on 21 January 1921 at Livorno. ...

In this role he took part in the great workers' struggles of the time, including that of the Fiat workers which ended with a 35-day occupation of the car manufacturer's factory. A committed and hardline trade unionist, Bertinotti affirmed the need for the working class to strike against the "injustices of the boss class", thereby attracting the anger of more moderate trade unionists. At that time he first disagreed with Sergio Cofferati, beginning a polemic which has continued, albeit in different forms, until the present. For other uses, see Fiat (disambiguation). ... Sergio Cofferati (born 30 January 1948 in Sesto ed Uniti, Cremona) is an Italian politician, and mayor of Bologna as of 2004 for the Left-Wing Democrats. ...

In 1994, the year in which he was elected to the secretariat of the Rifondazione Comunista and to the Italian and European parliaments, Bertinotti resigned all his trade union positions. He remains interested in economics and workers' rights, and has been offered the position of Minister for Labour on several occasions by leaders of the Italian centre-left, but he has always declined it. Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ...

Politics

Bertinotti did not readily find a political party during the First Italian Republic which conformed to his principles. He was a member of the Italian Socialist Party and then the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity before joining the Italian Communist Party, in which he was a member of Pietro Ingrao's tendency. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (in Italian: Partito Socialista Italiano di Unità Proletaria), was a political party in Italy 1964 to 1972. ... Pietro Ingrao (born March 30, 1915 in Lenola, Italy) is a important Italian politician. ...

Fausto Bertinotti was opposed to the dissolution of the PCI in 1991 and the creation by its reformist majority of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS). Nevertheless, he did not immediately join the radical minority in the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (PRC). He finally broke with PDS leader Achille Occhetto in 1994 and became secretary of the PRC, replacing Sergio Garavini who had led the party since its foundation. Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Democratic Party of the Left (Italian: Partito democratico della Sinistra, or PdS) was the evolution in a social-democratic direction of the Italian Communist Party, or PCI. It was founded by Achille Occhetto, last secretary of the PCI and first of the PdS. The logo of the PdS consisted... The Communist Refoundation Party (Italian: Partito della Rifondazione Comunista) is an Italian reformed communist party. ... Achille Occhetto (born 1936) is an Italian political figure. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...

Bertinotti's accession to the leadership was organised by Armando Cossutta, who probably wished to increase his own prestige and power within the party. In time, however, Bertinotti succeeded in winning over the majority of the party base, aided in this by his charismatic oratory. Armando Cossutta Armando Cossutta (Milan, 2 September 1926) is a Italian communist politician. ...

He was confirmed in the position of party secretary at the third, fourth, fifth and sixth congresses of Rifondazione. At the last, however, his final document received less support than usual, gaining only 52% of delegates' votes. This close result has led many political commentators to suggest that he may be replaced as secretary of Rifondazione Comunista by Nichi Vendola. Nichi Vendola, 2004. ...

As an ally of the "progressives" alliance in the 1994 general election, he agreed the "withdrawal" pact with the Ulivo coalition: Rifondazione would refrain from running candidates in certain electoral districts and advise its voters to support the candidates of the centre-left. The centre-left would reciprocate in other constituencies. Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Categories: Stub ...

Thanks to this tactic, the Ulivo coalition won the elections and Prodi became prime minister. Bertinotti's relationship with the centre-left leader was not an easy one, and in 1998, when Prodi proposed a new budget, incorporating a vote of confidence in his government, Bertinotti and the Rifondazione voted against it, causing the fall of the government. Cossutta's faction refused to vote against the government and left the party. They subsequently established a new party, the Party of Italian Communists (Partito dei Comunisti Italiani, PdCI). Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Party of Italian Communists (Italian: Partito dei Comunisti Italiani, also translated into English as Italian Communists Party) is a political party in Italy. ...

The PRC, weakened by this split, had a poor result in the 1999 European elections, but Bertinotti was nevertheless elected to the European Parliament. Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP) Alejo Vidal-Quadras (EPP) Gérard Onesta (Greens – EFA) Edward McMillan-Scott (ED) Mario Mauro (EPP) Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez (PES) Luigi Cocilovo (ALDE) Mechtild...

Since 2001, Bertinotti has led the party to take more radical, mass-movement positions close to those of the growing alternative globalisation movement, a stance which is opposed by the party's Trotskyist factions. This article is about the year. ... Anti-globalization (anti-globalisation) is a political stance of opposition to the perceived negative aspects of globalization. ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ...

From 2002 on, there has been some reconciliation between Rifondazione and the centre-left. The two tendencies have concluded alliances for both local and European elections in 2004 (in which latter the PRC gained 6.1% of the vote), as well as the regional elections of 2005, in which the centre-left coalition, rechristened L'Unione gained a clear victory. Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... LUnione (The Union in English) is a Italian left-wing coalition of parties. ...

Bertinotti declared himself willing to see Prodi chosen without primary elections as the left's joint candidate for the post of prime minister, but when Prodi accepted that primary elections would be necessary, he proposed himself as a candidate. The elections have been held on 16 October 2005 and apart from Bertinotti and Prodi, Antonio Di Pietro, Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio, Clemente Mastella, Ivan Scalfarotto and Simona Panzino were the candidates. Prodi won with absolute majority, but Bertinotti ranked second with 16% of preferences. The Union (Italian: LUnione) is an Italian centre-left political party coalition. ... is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Antonio di Pietro Antonio Di Pietro (born Montenero di Bisaccia, Italy, October 2, 1950) is an Italian Senator and was a magistrate in the team of the so-called Mani Pulite. Born to a poor rural family of Molise, very young he went Germany to work as a waiter in... Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio (Salerno, March 13, 1959), is an Italian politician. ... Mario Clemente Mastella (born 5 February 1947 in Ceppaloni, Benevento) is an Italian politician. ...

Bertinotti was elected member of the European Parliament in 2004 on the Rifondazione Comunista list, in which he was candidate in all five electoral districts, receiving some 380,000 votes in all Italy. He served as member of the European Left group in the parliament, sitting on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. He was a substitute for the Committee on Legal Affairs and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The European Left party is a political party at European level and an association of socialist and communist political parties in the European Union. ... The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) is a committee of the European Parliament. ... The Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament is preparing many crucial decisions of the Europen Parliament. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: European Union The European Union On-Line Official EU website, europa. ...

After the general election held on April 9 and 10, 2006, which saw a narrow victory of The Union, Fausto Bertinotti was elected Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, and thus left the party leadership, being replaced on May 7 by Franco Giordano. A general election for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy was held on April 9 and April 10, 2006. ... is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Francesco Franco Giordano (born August 26, 1957) is an Italian politician. ...

Miscellaneous

Bertinotti is an icon known to the Italian public for his “aristocratic” public image, mainly conveyed by his french R, his good manners and his elegant sweaters. His fascination with expensive cashmere is also part of his idiosyncrasy. This bourgeois look has often been seen as being in ironic contrast with his far left politics. Aristocracy is a form of government in which rulership is in the hands of an upper class known as aristocrats. ... In linguistics, uvular R (also guttural R, throaty R or French R) refers to pronunciation of the phoneme R as a uvular consonant. ... Cashmere may refer to: Cashmere wood, the name of a scent in the perfume industry. ... The term far left refers to the relative position a person or group occupies within the political spectrum. ...

Bertinotti has recently been the subject of an internal controversy by former members of his party, notably Marco Ferrando. Bertinotti's position on Italian military presence in Afghanistan has in fact reversed as he became President of the Chamber of Deputies. Formerly contrary, he pushed his party to vote positively to the re-founding of the mission itself, presumably to avoid putting his coalition into trouble.

Works

Bertinotti has written a number of political, ideological and trade-union related works:

• La Camera dei lavori. Ediesse, Roma, 1987
• La democrazia autoritaria. Datanews, Roma, 1991
• Tutti i colori del rosso (edited by Lorenzo Scheggi Merlini). Sperling & Kupfer, Milano, 1995
• Il nostro nuovo Comunismo (ripartendo da Marx) (edited byCarlo and Norberto Valentini). Carmenta, Milano, 1996
• Le due sinistre (with Alfonso Gianni). Sperling & Kupfer, Milano, 1997
• Pensare il '68 per capire il presente. Con una riflessione sul movimento no global (with Alfonso Gianni). Ponte alle Grazie, Milano, 1998
• Le idee che non muoiono (with Alfonso Gianni). Ponte alle Grazie, Milano, 2000
• Per una pace infinita (with Alfonso Gianni). Ponte alle Grazie, Milano, 2002
• Nonviolenza[1]. Le ragioni del pacifismo, (with Lidia Menapace e Marco Revelli). Fazi, Milano, 2004
• Il ragazzo con la maglietta a strisce (with Wilma Labate). Aliberti, Milano, 2005

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See also

• European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)

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External links

• (Italian) Official website of Fausto Bertinotti
• European Parliament biography of Fausto Bertinotti (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• DeclarationPDF of financial interests (Italian)