Fausto Bertinotti | |
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President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 29 April 2006 – 28 April 2008 | |
Preceded by | Pier Ferdinando Casini |
Succeeded by | Gianfranco Fini |
Secretary of the Communist Refoundation Party | |
In office 22 January 1994 – 6 May 2006 | |
Preceded by | Sergio Garavini |
Succeeded by | Franco Giordano |
Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 20 July 1994 – 27 April 2006 | |
Constituency | North-West Italy |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 15 April 1994 – 28 April 2008 | |
Constituency | Piedmont |
Personal details | |
Born | Milan, Italy | 22 March 1940
Political party | |
Spouse |
Gabriella Fagno (m. 1965) |
Children | 1 |
Profession | |
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Fausto Bertinotti (born 22 March 1940) is an Italian politician who led the Communist Refoundation Party (Partito della Rifondazione Comunista) from 1994 to 2006. On 29 April 2006, after the centre-left coalition's victory in the Italian general election, he was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies, a position he held until 2008.