Fernando dalla Chiesa (born 3 November 1949) is an Italian academic and politician, honorary president of Libera,[1] former deputy and senator.
Nando dalla Chiesa | |
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| Member of the Senate of the Republic | |
| In office 29 May 2001 – 27 April 2006 | |
| Constituency | Genoa |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 9 May 1996 – 29 May 2001 | |
| Constituency | Paderno Dugnano |
| In office 23 April 1992 – 14 April 1994 | |
| Constituency | Milan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fernando dalla Chiesa 3 November 1949 Florence, Italy |
| Political party | LR (1992–1994) ID (19942000) Dem (2000–2002) DL (2002–2007) PD (2007–2009) |
| Parent(s) | Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa Emanuela Setti Carraro (step-mother) |
| Relatives | Rita dalla Chiesa (sister) |
| Alma mater | Bocconi University |
| Occupation | Academic, politician, writer |
Biography
editDalla Chiesa is the son of General Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, notable for campaigning against terrorism, and the brother of the TV presenter Rita dalla Chiesa and the journalist and politician Simona dalla Chiesa. His father was assassinated in 1982 together with his wife, Emanuela Setti Carraro.
Dalla Chiesa graduated in economics at the Bocconi University in Milan and became a university professor[ambiguous] of sociology of organized crime, business management and communication and sociology of the organization at the University of Milan.[2] He is also honorary president of Luigi Ciotti's Libera association.[3]
Political career
editIn 1992, dalla Chiesa joined Leoluca Orlando's new-born left-wing party The Network, for which he was elected at the Chamber of Deputies at the 1992 general election.[4]
In the 1993 local elections, dalla Chiesa ran for the office of mayor of Milan, supported by his party, by the Democratic Party of the Left, the Communist Refoundation Party and the Federation of the Greens. He reached the runoff, but was defeated by the Northern League candidate, Marco Formentini.[5]
Dalla Chiesa was not re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 1994 general election and decided to leave The Network.[6] He returned to the Chamber of Deputies in the 1996 general election, being elected as an independent in the Federation of the Greens with the support of The Olive Tree coalition.
When in 1998 the first D'Alema cabinet was sworn in, dalla Chiesa refrained from voting for trust because the government was also supported also by Francesco Cossiga with whom dalla Chiesa had a bad relationship, since he accused the former president of Italy of raising many malevolences against his father when he was prefect in Palermo.[7]
In 2000, he became the co-ordinator in Lombardy of Arturo Parisi's The Democrats and, in the 2001 general election, he was elected to the Senate.[8] In 2002, The Democrats and the Italian People's Party merged into The Daisy.
Dalla Chiesa did not run for a parliamentary seat again in the 2006 general election, but after the win of The Union he was appointed undersecretary for universities and scientific research in the second Prodi Cabinet.[9] In 2007, dalla Chiesa was a member of the national directorate of the Democratic Party.[10]
Writing career
editDalla Chiesa has written several books and essays about politics and the fight against organized crime in Italy. Among his most known works is the 1992 book Il giudice ragazzino (The Boy Judge), a tribute essay dedicated to Rosario Livatino, a young Sicilian judge who had been murdered by the Mafia in 1990. In telling the experience and the tragic end of Livatino, dalla Chiesa reconstructs his vision of the connection between the Mafia, politics and institutions in Sicily and Italy in the late 1980s, indicating the murder of the judge as one of the highest triumphs of criminal powers.[11]
The 1994 film Law of Courage is based on dalla Chiesa's book.
Electoral history
editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (January 2024) |
| Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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| 1992 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | LR | 36,260 |  Elected
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| 1994 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan 9 | LR | 33,844 |  Not elected
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| 1996 | Chamber of Deputies | Paderno Dugnano | FdV | 34,717 | Elected
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| 2001 | Senate of the Republic | Genoa–Bargagli | Dem | 85,135 | Elected
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First-past-the-post elections
edit| 1994 general election (C): Milan 9 | ||||
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| Candidate | Coalition or Party | Votes | % | |
| Roberto Ronchi | Pole of Freedoms | 43,195 | 47.7 | |
| Nando Dalla Chiesa | Alliance of Progressives | 33,844 | 37.4 | |
| Fabio Carlo Alexis De Fina | National Alliance | 7,042 | 7.9 | |
| Enzo Adriano Gobbi | Pact for Italy | 6,421 | 7.1 | |
| Total | 90,502 | 100.0 | ||
| 1996 general election (C): Paderno Dugnano | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Coalition or Party | Votes | % | |
| Nando Dalla Chiesa | The Olive Tree | 34,717 | 42.3 | |
| Carlo Usiglio | Pole of Freedoms | 31,831 | 38.8 | |
| Margherita Muzzioli | Lega Nord | 15,488 | 18.9 | |
| Total | 82,036 | 100.0 | ||
| 2001 general election (S): Liguria — Genoa–Bargagli | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Coalition or Party | Votes | % | |
| Nando Dalla Chiesa | The Olive Tree | 85,135 | 49.5 | |
| Gian Nicola Amoretti | House of Freedoms | 62,871 | 36.5 | |
| Franco Zunino | Communist Refoundation Party | 11,136 | 6.5 | |
| Giovanna Molisso | Italy of Values | 5,689 | 3.3 | |
| Bruno Fedi | Bonino List–Pannella List | 4,243 | 2.5 | |
| Others | 2,962 | 1.7 | ||
| Total | 172,036 | 100.0 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Blog". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). Nando Dalla Chiesa. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ Corrado Stajano (5 March 2018). "Nando dalla Chiesa e la scuola: insegno come agisce la mafia" [Nando dalla Chiesa and the school: I teach how the mafia works]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Assemblea Nazionale di Libera: Don Luigi Ciotti confermato presidente nazionale" [National Assembly of Libera: Don Luigi Ciotti confirmed national president] (in Italian). Libera. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Debutta La Rete di Orlando 'Primo obiettivo la pace'" [The Orlando Network debuts 'Peace's first objective]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 25 January 1991. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Formentini - Dalla Chiesa sarà il duello di Milano" [Formentini - Dalla Chiesa will be the duel in Milan]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 5 May 1993. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "'Questa Rete è perdente...'" ['This network is a loser...']. La Repubblica (in Italian). 15 April 1994. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Cossiga statista 'eversivo' visto da Nando dalla Chiesa" [Cossiga 'subversive' statesman seen by Nando dalla Chiesa]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 13 January 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- Nando dalla Chiesa (18 August 2010). "Non mi mancherà affatto" [I won't miss it at all] (in Italian). Retrieved 30 October 2018. - ^ "Nando dalla Chiesa, sociologo: Già da un anno era in atto il salto sul carro del vincitore" [Nando dalla Chiesa, sociologist: The leap onto the winner's bandwagon had already been underway for a year]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 5 June 2001. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Il governo Prodi ha giurato. Nominati i sottosegretari" [The Prodi government sworn in. Undersecretaries appointed]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 18 May 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Un partito democratico o un museo?" [A democratic party or a museum?] (in Italian). Nando dalla Chiesa. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Cosa insegna oggi il "giudice ragazzino"" [What the "boy judge" teaches today]. Linkiesta (in Italian). 21 September 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
External links
edit- Official website
- Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): XI, XIII, XIV legislature.