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. Image File history File links Casini,_Pier_Ferdinando. ... Image File history File links Casini,_Pier_Ferdinando. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bologna (pronounced , from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics to the extent of holding or running for public office. ... The Italian Chamber of Deputies (Italian: Camera dei Deputati) is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. ... The Inter-Parliamentary Union is an international organization established in 1889 by William Randal Cremer (United Kingdom) and Frédéric Passy (France). ... The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Italian: Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro), commonly abbrieviated to UDC, is a political party in Italy formed by a merger of the former Christian Democratic Centre (CCD, led by Pierferdinando Casini from 1994 to 2001, then by Marco Follini...

Graduated with a degree in Law, he was first elected in 1983 for the Christian Democracy party. In 1993, he was amongst the founders of the CCD (Christian Democratic Centre) party, now merged into UDC. In 2001, after Berlusconi's victory in the general election, Casini was chosen by the newly-formed parliament as President of the Chamber of Deputies (the Italian lower house of parliament). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... SITO ISTITUZIONALE DELLA DEMOCRAZIA CRISTIANA Christian Democracy, (Democrazia Cristiana), the Christian democratic party of Italy, commonly called the democristiani or DC, dominated government for nearly half a century until its demise amid a welter of corruption allegations in 1992-94. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Christian Democratic Centre is a late Italian political party, founded by those Christian Democrats (basically Pierferdinando Casini and Clemente Mastella), who wanted to enter in an alliance with Silvio Berlusconis Forza Italia in 1994. ... UDC may stand for: United Daughters of the Confederacy Unió Democràtica de Catalunya, the Democratic Union of Catalonia (see also: Politics of Spain) Union Démocratique du Centre, the Swiss Peoples Party (see also: Politics of Switzerland) Union du Centre, French for Union of the Center (see also: Politics of... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Today he is widely regarded as one of the primary members of the House of Freedoms, and sometimes spoken of as a possible successor to Berlusconi himself as leader of the coalition. Casa delle Libertà, or House of Freedoms in English, is an Italian right of center party alliance led by national media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. ...

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After his divorce from Roberta Lubich (which produced two daughters, Maria Carolina and Benedetta), he starting dating and eventually moved in with Azzurra Caltagirone, daughter of the famous Roman entrepreneur and publisher Franco Caltagirone. Later they would have a daughter. His detractors consider his divorce and cohabitation to be inconsistent with his political beliefs and strongly Catholic thought. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse, which can be contrasted with an annulment, which is a declaration that a marriage is void, though the effects of marriage may be recognized in such unions, such as spousal support, child custody... Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse, which can be contrasted with an annulment, which is a declaration that a marriage is void, though the effects of marriage may be recognized in such unions, such as spousal support, child custody... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ...