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FORZA ITALIA (BERLUSCONI PARTY) ( Centre Right) (+4)

**BERLUSCONI Silvio    b. 29.9.1936. Media company director. Founder and president of Forza Italia. Member of the national parliament. Former President of Italy's Council of Ministers. Elected as an MEP in 1994 but stood down as his mandate was incompatible with his national government responsibilities.

BRUNETTA Renato    b. 26.5.1950. Economics lecturer. Writer and editor of economics magazine. Member of CNEL (National Committee on the Economy and Labour).
    
CESARO Luigi    b. 19.2.1952. Lawyer. Former provincial councillor (Naples). Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies since 1996.

**COSTA Raffaele    b. 8.9.1936. Qualified lawyer and editor of magazine. Former local and provincial councillor. Various ministerial posts including Minister of Health on two occasions. Former president of national anti-AIDS committee. Member of national parliament since 1976.

**DELL'UTRI Marcello    b. 11.9.1941. Business manager. Member of national parliament since 1996.

*FERRI Enrico     b. 17.2.1942. Magistrate, university lecturer, author, journalist and editor. Former minister and member of national parliament. MEP since 1989.

FIORI Francesco    b. 14.4.1953. Journalist. Regional councillor and member of regional government of Lombardy (agricultural department).

FITTO Raffaele    b. 28.8.1969.

GARGANI Giuseppe    b. 23.4.1935. Lawyer. Journalist. Former under-secretary at Ministry of Justice and former member of Italian Chamber of Deputies (1972-1994).

MANTOVANI Mario    b. 28.6.1950. Youth leader and founder of schools, social, cultural and educational centres.

MAURO Mario    b. 24.7.1961. Italian teacher.


 

MUSOTTO Francesco    b. 1.2.1947. Lawyer. Farmer. Businessman. Former town councillor and member of Sicilly regional parliament. President of province of Palermo.

*PODESTĀ Guido    b. 1.4.1947. Architect. MEP since 1994. Vice president of the European Parliament since January 1997.

SARTORI Amalia    b.2.8.1947. Former teacher and town councillor. Member of regional council since 1985 and President of Regional Government of Veneto.

**SGARBI Vittorio    b. 8.5.1952. Contributor to TV broadcasts, newspapers and periodicals. Lecturer in history of art techniques and organizer of art exhibitions. Former town councillor and mayor of S. Severino Marche. Member of national parliament since 1992.

*TAJANI Antonio    b. 4.8.1953. Journalist. Mr Berlusconi's press secretary. MEP since 1994.

*VICECONTE Guido Walter    b. 4.4.1949. Doctor. MEP since 1994.

ZAPPALA Stefano    b. 6.2.1941. Civil engineer and industrial manager. Town councillor and member of Lazio Regional Council since 1995.

DEMOCRATICI DI SINISTRA (Socialists)

CARRARO Massimo    b. 8.3.1959. Lawyer. Former university lecturer. Business manager. President of Padova, Interporto limited company.

FAVA Giovanni Giuseppe    b. 15.4.1957. Journalist. Writer. Joint founder of democracy movement 'La Rete'. Former local councillor and member of the national parliament.

*GHILARDOTTI Fiorella    b. 25.6.1946. Trade unionist. Former President Lombardie Regional Council. Former member of the EU Committee of the Regions. MEP since 1994.

*IMBENI Renzo    b. 12.10.1944. Trade unionist. Former Mayor of Bologne. Former Vice- President of European Parliament. MEP since 1989.

LAVARRA Vincenzo    b. 27.1.1954.

*NAPOLETANO Pasqualina    b. 28.9.1949. Teacher. Local councillor. MEP 1989-1994 and since 1996.


 

**NAPOLITANO Giorgio    b. 29.6.1925. Lawyer. Writer. Former member and President of national parliament. Former minister 1996-98. MEP 1989-1992.

PACIOTTI Elena    b. 9.1.1941. Lawyer. Magistrate. Former President of National Association of Magistrates.

**PITELLA Giovanni Saverio    b. 19.11.1958. Former town and regional councillor. Member of the Italian national parliament since 1996.

*RUFFOLO Giorgio    b. 14.8.1926. University lecturer. Economist, writer. Former President of financial company in the Mezzogiorno. Joint founder of European Research Centre. Former minister and member of national parliament. MEP 1979-83 and since 1994.

SACCONI Guido    b. 23.6.1948. Former trade unionist in the metal workers union - FIOM. Member of Tuscany regional council.

TRENTIN Bruno    b. 19.12.1926. Lawyer. Trade unionist (metal workers and maritime sectors). Former local councillor and member national parliament. Member of National Economy and Labour Council.

VATTIMO Gianni    b. 4.1.1936. Philosopher. University professor. Writer.

**VELTRONI Valter    b. 3.7.1955. Journalist. Writer. Former director on the newspaper "L'Unitā". Political Secretary of the party. Former local councillor and member of the national parliament since 1987. Former minister and Vice President in Prodi government.

**VOLCIC Demetrio    b. 22.11.1931 in Ljubliana (Slovenia). Linguist. Journalist. University professor. Member of Italian senate since 1997.

ALLEANZA NAZIONALE (National Party) (+5)

*ANGELILLI Roberta    b. 1.2.1965. National leader of the youth movement of the Alleanza Nazionale. MEP since 1994.

(*)**FINI Gianfranco    b. 3.1.1952. Journalist and editor. National coordinator of Alleanza Nazionale. Member of the national parliament since 1983. MEP 1989-92 and since 1994.

POLIBORTONE Adriana    b. 25.8.1943. University lecturer. Former minister. Local councillor and member of national parliament.


 

SEGNI Mariotto Giovanni Luigi    b. 16.5.1939. Lawyer and university lecturer. Former junior minister and former member of national parliament. MEP 1994-95.

LISTA BONINO (Radicals) (+4)

*BONINO Emma    b. 9.3.1948. Former president and secretary general of the transnational Radical party. Former member of national parliament. Since 1994 European commissioner for fishing, consumer policy and humanitarian aid (ECHO)and in 1997 following the "mad cow" crisis with additional responsibilities for public health and food safety. MEP 1979-89.

*DUPUIS Olivier    b. 25.2.1958 in Belgium. Sociologist. MEP since 1996.

PANNELLA Marco    b. 2.5.1930..Journalist. Co-founder and former general secretary of the Radical party. Former regional and local councillor. Former member of national parliament. MEP 1979-1996.

I DEMOCRATICI (Centre) (+2)

CACCIARI Massimo    b. 5.6.1944. University lecturer. Author of books on politics and philosophy and founder of a journal. Mayor of Venice since December 1993 and Vice-President of Venice "Biennale".

**DI PIETRO Antonio    b. 2.10.1950. Former police commissioner and judge in Milan (member of "clean hands" investigating team from 1991 to December 1994). Journalist and editor. University lecturer. Former minister of public works (May 1996 in Prodi government). Senator since November 1997.

*EBNER Michail    b. 20.9.1952. Former journalist. Publisher and businessman. Former member of national parliament. MEP since 1994.

PROCACCI Giovanni     b. 4.5.1955. Italian teacher. Writer of historical and philosophical essays.

RUTELLI Francesco    b. 14.6.1954. Journalist. Former local councillor. Former member of national parliament. Mayor of Rome since December 1993 and commissioner for coordination of the Year 2000 Jubilee.


 

LEGA NORD (Northern League) (+1)

(*)**BOSSI Umberto    b. 19.9.1941. Founder and Secretary General of the movement. Member of the national parliament since 1992 and former senator. MEP since 1994.

*FORMENTINI Marco    b. 14.4.1930. Former mayor of Milan. Former member of the national parliament. MEP since 1994.

**SPERONI Francesco    b. 4.10.1946. Co-founder of Lombard League (now Lega Nord). MEP between 1989-1994. Member of parliamentary assembly of Council of Europe. Former minister for institutional reforms in the Berlusconi government. Member of Italian Senate since 1992.

RIFONDAZIONE COMUNISTA (Communists)(+3)

*BERTINOTTI Fausto    b. 22.3.40. Trade unionist and writer. Former member of trade union. National Secretary of party since 1994. Former councillor. MEP since 1994.

PARTITO POPOLARE ITALIANO (Christian Democrats)

BODRATO Guido    b. 27.3.1933. Newspaper director. Former local councillor. Minister in several posts. Former member and speaker of national parliament.

COCILOVO Luigi    b. 7.10.1947. Lawyer. University lecturer. Trade unionist. Member of CNEL (national committee on the economy and labour).

**DE MITA Ciriaco    b. 2.2.1928. Political leader. Former leader of Christian Democratic Party. Minister in several posts and former prime minister. Member of national parliament 1963-94; re-elected in 1996.

**MARINI Franco    b. 9.4.1933. Trade union leader. Former General Secretary of CISL trade union. Former Minister of Labour. Secretary of PPI since January 1997. Member of national parliament.

CENTRO CRISTIANI DEMOCRATICO (Christian Democrats)

(*)**CASINI Pierferdinando    b. 3.12.1955. Company director. Member of the national parliament since 1983. MEP since 1994.

LOMBARDO Raffaele    b. 29.10.1950. Former member of Sicilly regional government.

CRISTIANI DEMOCRATICI UNITARI (Christian Democrats)

**BUTTIGLIONE Rocco    b. 6.6.1948. University lecturer in political philosophy. Journalist and author of essays and works of philosophy. Member of national parliament since 1994. Secretary of CDU since July 1995 (following split from PPI).

GEMELLI Nino    b. 27.6.1946.

SOCIALISTI DEMOCRATICI ITALIANI (Social Democrats)

**BOSELLI Enrico    b. 7.1.1957. Company director. Former local and regional councillor. Member of national parliament. National secretary of SDI since 1994.

MARTELLI Claudio    b. 24.9.1943. University lecturer and editor. Former minister of justice. Former member of the national parliament. MEP 1984- 1989. Advisor in the department of Social Solidarity which deals with the integration of immigrants.

COMUNISTI ITALIANI (Communists) (+1)

**COSSUTTA Armando    b. 2.9.1926. Journalist. Writer. Played a leading role in both new parties following the split in 1991. President of new Communist Party founded in 1998. Former local councillor and member of the national parliament since 1972.

FEDERAZIONE DEI VERDI (Greens)

CELLI Giorgio    b. 16.7.1935. University lecturer in entomology. Writer of scientific publications. Playwright.

MESSNER Reinhold    b. 17.9.1944. Mountaineer and explorer. Lecturer and author of various books and articles.

UNION DEMOCRATICI EUROPEI (Christian Democrats)

**MASTELLA Mario Clemente    b. 5.2.1947. Journalist. Former minister. Member of national parliament since 1976 Cofounder of the party.

MOVIMENTO SOCIALE TRICOLORE (National Party)

BIGLIARDO Roberto Felice    b. 28.1.1952.


 

RINNOVAMENTO ITALIANO - DINI (Reform Party)

PISICCHIO Giuseppe Pino    b. 23.5.1954. University lecturer. Journalist. Former member of Parliamentary Assembly of CSCE. Former member of national parliament.

PARTITO PENSIONATI (Pensioners' Party)

FATUZZO Carlo    b. 14.3.1944. Accountant (specialist in pensions). Former town, provincial and regional councillor.

PARTITO REPUBLICANO ITALIANO - LIBERALI (Liberals)

**SBARBATI Luciana    b. 10.5.1946. Writer on educational issues. Former head teacher. Councillor and member of national parliament since 1992.

*re-elected
**dual mandate

Several parties still need to fill the seats that they have won with individual candidates. In these cases, the number of vacant seats is indicated by (+).

 

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