Gianfranco Rotondi is an Italian

Italy

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 politician, and the current leader of the Christian Democracy for Autonomies since June 2005.

Biography

Rotondi was born in Avellino

Avellino

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, Campania

Campania

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.

A graduate in law

Law

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, he was first elected in the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies

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 in 2001 as member of the House of Freedoms

House of Freedoms

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 and Union of Christian and Centre Democrats in the uninominal electorate of Rho

Rho

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. However, in 2005, he left UDC over disagreements about the relationship with Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...

's Forza Italia

Forza Italia

Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....

, which Rotondi wanted to be closer. He then founded a new party strongly inspired on Christian ideals and the former Christian Democracy

Christian Democracy (Italy)

Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield ....

 party.

External links

• Profile at Italian Chamber of Deputies
• Profile at Italian Senate (2006–2008)