Italian lawyer, writer, and politician (born 1958)
Dario Franceschini
Minister of Culture
In office 5 September 2019 – 22 October 2022[a]
Prime Minister
Giuseppe Conte Mario Draghi
Preceded by
Alberto Bonisoli
Succeeded by
Gennaro Sangiuliano
In office 22 February 2014 – 1 June 2018[b]
Prime Minister
Matteo Renzi Paolo Gentiloni
Preceded by
Massimo Bray
Succeeded by
Alberto Bonisoli
Minister of Parliamentary Relations
In office 28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014
Prime Minister
Enrico Letta
Preceded by
Pietro Giarda
Succeeded by
Maria Elena Boschi
Secretary of the Democratic Party
In office 21 February 2009 – 7 November 2009
Preceded by
Walter Veltroni
Succeeded by
Pier Luigi Bersani
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 October 2022
Constituency
Campania
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 30 May 2001 – 12 October 2022
Constituency
Emilia-Romagna
Personal details
Born
(1958-10-19) 19 October 1958 (age 65) Ferrara, Italy
Political party
DC (before 1994) CS (1994–1995) PPI (1995–2002) DL (2002–2007) PD (since 2007)
Other political affiliations
The Olive Tree (1995–2007)
Spouses
Silvia Bombardi
(m. 1986; div. 2011)
Michela Di Biase
(m. 2014)
Children
3 daughters
Alma mater
University of Ferrara
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Dario Franceschini (Italian pronunciation:[ˈdaːrjofrantʃesˈkiːni];[1][2] born 19 October 1958)[3] is an Italian lawyer, writer, and politician, member of the Democratic Party (PD), of which he briefly became leader in 2009.[4][5] Franceschini served as Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, a position that he held from February 2014 to June 2018 and again from September 2019 to October 2022, making him the longest-serving cultural heritage minister in the history of the Italian Republic. Franceschini also served as Minister for Parliamentary Relations from 2013 to 2014.[6]
Franceschini was a prominent member of the Italian People's Party (PPI), of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL), and the first Deputy Secretary of the PD.[3] Following the resignation of Walter Veltroni on 21 February 2009, the Constituent Assembly of the PD elected him the new secretary.[4][5] On 25 October 2009, he lost the 2009 PD leadership election to Pier Luigi Bersani, and subsequently accepted his offer to become the party's leader in the Chamber of Deputies.[7] Franceschini, who is considered a centrist and a Christian leftist, is the leader of AreaDem, which is the majority faction in the PD.[8]
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^ ab"Italian opposition elects leader". BBC News. 21 February 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
^Coppola, Alessio (20 April 2022). "Chi è Dario Franceschini, la biografia del Ministro della Cultura". True News. (in Italian). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
^"PD: Franceschini accetta offerta Bersani, sarà capogruppo alla Camera" (in Italian). ASCA. 4 November 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
^Dai renziani ai giovani turchi fino alla corazzata di Franceschini. Ecco le correnti che agitano il Pd
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