Roberto Formigoni (Lecco, 30 March 1947) is an Italian politician, and the current (from April 2005) Governor of Lombardy Region, Italy. Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Lecco (LC) Mayor Antonella Faggi (North League Party) Elevation 214 m Area 45 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 46,477  - Density 1,011/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Lecchesi Dialing code 0341 Postal code 23900 Frazioni Acquate, Belledo, Bonacina... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 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. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the village of the same name in Ontario, Canada, see Lombardy, Ontario. ...

Biography

Roberto Formigoni began very early his political career in Christian Democracy, through youth movements such as Gioventù Studentesca and Communion and Liberation (of which he became the most representative leader). These movements, which have in recent years withdrawn from partisan politics, were especially distinguished for their Catholic vision, which some declared to be an integralist or fundamentalist position. Thus these entities were not officially embodied in the political structure of DC, but were, so they claimed, inspired by the Catholic tradition of the main party and effectively supported it in practical politics, despite their severe criticism of DC's pragmatism which led to repeated concessions in favor of non-Catholic groups. 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. ... Communion and Liberation, or CL, is a lay ecclesial movement within the Catholic Church. ... Look up fundamentalism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In 1976 he founded the Popular Movement and was elected a deputy in both the European Parliament and Parliament of Italy. He was also the Vice-President of the European Parliament for five years and served as under-secretary for the Environment in the Italian government. The Popular Movement (Movimento Popolare) was an Italian political organization within the Christian Democracy (DC) party. ... 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... The Parliament of Italy (Italian: Parlamento Italiano) is the national parliament of Italy. ...

In 1990 he garnered attention when he was involved in a mission to Iraq which successfully concluded with the freeing of some Italian technicians who were hostages of the local government.

In 1995, founded with Rocco Buttiglione the United Christian Democrats party. In 1998 he moved to Forza Italia, when Buttiglione briefly decided to support the government of Massimo D'Alema. Rocco Buttiglione. ... The United Christian Democrats is a late christian-democratic party of Italy, born in 1995 by a split, led by Rocco Buttiglione (secretary of the Italian Peoples Party in 1994-95), Roberto Formigoni and Gianfranco Rotondi, of those members of the Italian Peoples Party who wanted to enter... Forza Italia (Forward Italy, FI) [1] is an Italian political party. ... Massimo DAlema (born on April 20, 1949 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian journalist and politician, a former prime minister and a former national secretary of the PDS, Partito Democratico della Sinistra. ...

He was elected as President of Lombardy in 1995. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...

Formigoni became famous to the general public after he publicly and repeatedly declared his virginity, as did his colleague Ms. Rosy Bindi. “Virgin” redirects here. ... Maria Rosaria Bindi, best known as Rosy Bindi (born February 12, 1951) is an Italian politician, currently a member of the Daisy centre party. ...

Promoting a decidedly conservative platform on many issues, resulting in a political backlash from some liberal groups, President Formigoni was re-elected in 2000 carrying over 62% of the approximately 3.5 million votes, and in 2005. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In early 2005 he became embroiled in the Iraq Oil for Food Scandal when an investigation by Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy's leading daily business newspaper) and The Financial Times revealed that he had received an allocation of 24 million barrels of oil from Saddam Hussein's regime. Formigoni was later found not guilty. Il Sole 24 ore is an Italian daily business newspaper. ... The Financial Times building The Financial Times (FT) is an international business newspaper printed on distinctive salmon pink broadsheet paper. ... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq and Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council from 1979 until his overthrow by US forces in 2003. ...

External links

• Official website

Current Presidents of Italian Regions

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Abruzzo: Ottaviano Del Turco (SDI) Aosta Valley: Luciano Caveri (UV) Apulia: Nichi Vendola (PRC) Basilicata: Vito De Filippo (DL) Calabria: Agazio Loiero (PDM) ¹ at Italian general election, 2001 thew was with centre-left ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Ottaviano Del Turco (born November 7, 1944 in Collelongo) was an Italian Member of the European Parliament. ... Nichi Vendola, 2004. ...

Campania: Antonio Bassolino (DS) Emilia-Rom.: Vasco Errani (DS) Friuli-VG: Riccardo Illy (Indep) Lazio: Piero Marrazzo (Indep) Liguria: Claudio Burlando (DL) Antonio Bassolino. ... Riccardo Illy was born on 24th September 1955 in Trieste. ... Piero Marrazzo (born in Rome on July 29, 1958) is the current President of Lazio, one of the twenty regions of Italy. ...

Lombardy: Roberto Formigoni (FI) Marche: Gian Mario Spacca (DL) Molise: Michele Iorio (FI) Piedmont: Mercedes Bresso (DS) Sardinia: Renato Soru (PS) Mercedes Bresso Mercedes Bresso (born on 12 July 1944) is an Italian politician and President of the Piedmont Region. ... Renato Soru (born 16 August 1957 in Sanluri, Sardinia-Italy) is the founder of the internet service company Tiscali, based in Cagliari. ...

Sicily: Salvatore Cuffaro (UDC) Trentino-AA: Lorenzo Dellai (DL) Tuscany: Claudio Martini (DS) Umbria: Maria Rita Lorenzetti (DS) Veneto: Giancarlo Galan (FI) Salvatore Totò Cuffaro (born February 21, 1958 in Raffadali, Agrigento) is an Italian politician, and the current President of Sicily. ... Maria Rita Lorenzetti is an Italian politician and the current president of the Italian region of Umbria. ... This is the list of governments of Veneto since 1970. ... Giancarlo Galan (born in Padova on September 10, 1956), after an experience in the Italian Liberal Party, joined Forza Italia, as far as it was founded in 1994. ...