The Independent Autonomists (Autonomisti Indipendenti, AI) was a social-liberal

Social liberalism

Social liberalism is the belief that liberalism should include social justice. It differs from classical liberalism in that it believes the legitimate role of the state includes addressing economic and social issues such as unemployment, health care, and education while simultaneously expanding...

 Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.

It was founded in March 1991 by Ilario Lanivi

Ilario Lanivi

Ilario Lanivi is an Italian politician from the Aosta Valley who has been highly involved in the formation of a number of political parties. He started his political career with the Christian Democrats...

, ex-leading member of the Autonomists Democrats Progressives

Autonomists Democrats Progressives

The Autonomists Democrats Progressives was a social-liberal and Christian-leftist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley...

, and Amato Maquignaz. In April 1992 Lanivi became President of the Region at the head of a coalition composed by the Valdotanian Union

Valdotanian Union

The Valdotanian Union is a regionalist-centrist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. Its leaders are Ego Perron, party president, and Augusto Rollandin, President of the Region....

, the Democratic Party of the Left

Democratic Party of the Left

The Democratic Party of the Left was a post-communist, democratic socialist political party in Italy.-History:...

, the Italian Socialist Party

Italian Socialist Party

The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...

, the Autonomists Democrats Progressives and the Italian Republican Party

Italian Republican Party

The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...

.

For the 1993 regional election the Independent Autonomist joined forces with Cesare Dujany, former leader of the Popular Democrats

Popular Democrats

The Popular Democrats was a Christian-leftist Italian political party active in the Aosta Valley of Italy. Its leading members included Cesare Dujany, Maurizio Martin and Angelo Pollicini....

, and launched the For Aosta Valley

For Aosta Valley

For Aosta Valley was a social-liberal and Christian-leftist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.It was founded in 1993 by Cesare Dujany, former leader of the Popular Democrats, and Ilario Lanivi, leader of the Independent Autonomists. In the 1993 regional election the party won 4.3% of...

list. Since then the party ceased to exist.