Alfredo Biondi Explained

Alfredo Biondi
Office:Minister of Justice
Term Start:10 May 1994
Term End:17 January 1995
Primeminister:Silvio Berlusconi
Predecessor:Giovanni Conso
Successor:Filippo Mancuso
Office2:Minister of the Environment
Term Start2:4 August 1983
Term End2:30 July 1984
Primeminister2:Bettino Craxi
Predecessor2:Enstablished office
Successor2:Valerio Zanone
Office3:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start3:5 June 1968
Term End3:24 May 1972
Term Start4:20 June 1979
Term End4:27 April 2006
Office5:Member of the Senate
Term Start5:27 April 2006
Term End5:28 April 2008
Birth Date:29 June 1928[1]
Birth Place:Pisa, Italy
Death Place:Genoa, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Alma Mater:University of Pisa

Alfredo Biondi (29 June 1928 – 24 June 2020) was an Italian politician and lawyer. In 1994 he served as Minister of Justice of the Italian Republic during the first cabinet chaired by Silvio Berlusconi.[2]

Biography

Born in Pisa, Biondi was Secretary of the Italian Liberal Party (PLI) from 1985 to 1986, and later its president. He was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from June 1968 to May 1972, and then from June 1983 to April 2006. He was a Senator from April 2006 to April 2008.

In 1993, together with the last PLI leader, Raffaele Costa, Biondi founded the Union of the Centre, a small faction of the new Forza Italia (FI) party. He served as Minister of Justice for a period of eight months (having previously served also as Ecology Minister in the 1980s).[3] Biondi was appointed President of Forza Italia's National Council in 2004.

Following the dissolution of Forza Italia in 2009, Biondi remained in its successor organisation, the People of Freedom (PdL), for a further two years before leaving to join the refounded Italian Liberal Party. In 2014, Biondi was among a group of disaffected members who broke from that party to form The Liberals (I Liberali).

He died on 24 June 2020 in Genoa.[4]

Honour

Notes and References

  1. http://www.senato.it/leg/12/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00000274.htm Alfredo Biondi's profile at the Italian Senate
  2. News: Ex-minister falls foul of TV trick. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106154205/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/exminister-falls-foul-of-tv-trick-1571404.html . 2012-11-06 . limited. live. Independent. 11 February 2010 . London . Andrew . Gumbel . 4 February 1995.
  3. Web site: Hon. Alfredo Biondi turned 80. Pro-Deo State University. 11 February 2010.
  4. Web site: 2020-06-24 . E' morto Alfredo Biondi . Genova 3000 . it-it.
  5. Web site: Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana . October 24, 2022. www.quirinale.it.