Gianfranco Rotondi
Minister for the Implementation of the Government Program
In office
13 June 2008  16 November 2011
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byGiulio Santagata
Succeeded byDino Piero Giarda
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
29 April 2008
In office
30 May 2001  27 April 2006
In office
15 April 1994  8 May 1996
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
28 April 2006  28 April 2008
Personal details
Born (1960-07-25) 25 July 1960
Avellino, Italy
Political partyVèP (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
DC (1975–1994)
CDU (1995–2002)
UDC (2002–2005)
DCA (2005–2009)
PdL (2009–2013)
FI (2013–2015)
RC (2015–2018)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
SpouseMaria Grazia Spatola
ChildrenMariangela, Daria, and Federica
Alma materUniversity of Salerno
ProfessionPolitician, journalist

Gianfranco Rotondi (born 25 July 1960) is an Italian politician. Born in Avellino, Campania, he is a member of the Chamber of Deputies.[1]

Career

Graduated in law,[1] he was first elected in the Chamber of Deputies in 2001 as member of the House of Freedoms and Union of Christian and Centre Democrats in the uninominal electorate of Rho. In 2005, he left UDC over disagreements about the relationship with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, which Rotondi wanted to be closer. He then founded a new party strongly inspired on Christian ideals and the former Christian Democracy party, called Christian Democracy for Autonomies. In 2008, his party joined the People of Freedom, and he was appointed Minister without Portfolio for the Implementation of the Government Program in Berlusconi IV Cabinet, a position he held until 16 November 2011.

On 2 April 2022, Rotondi founded a new party named Green is Popular (Italian: Verde è Popolare), a Christian-democratic and green-conservative movement.[2] Soon after that, he ended his alliance with Forza Italia and federated with Brothers of Italy.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Camera.it - Deputati e Organi Parlamentari - Deputati - ROTONDI Gianfranco" (in Italian). Italian Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  2. Rotondi: con Verde è popolare nasce il primo partito ibrido ed ecologico, AskaNews
  3. "Elezioni 2022, 'strappo gentile' di Rotondi: "Sosterrò Meloni"". Adnkronos. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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