DC (until 1994) FI (1995–2009) PdL (2009–2013) NCD (2013–2016)
Height
1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Alma mater
University of Palermo
Profession
Lawyer
Renato Maria Giuseppe Schifani (Italian pronunciation:[reˈnatoskiˈfani]; born 11 May 1950) is an Italian politician who has served as the president of Sicily since 13 October 2022. Schifani was Silvio Berlusconi's chief whip and was a prominent member of the Senate of the Republic from 1996 to 2022. From 29 April 2008 to 14 March 2013, he was the president of the Senate of the Republic.
Initially a member of Christian Democracy, the ruling party of post-war Italy, Schifani joined Berlusconi's Forza Italia in 1995. From 2009 to 2013, he was a member of The People of Freedom, Berlusconi's party after Forza Italia was dissolved. He then joined the New Centre-Right party but left it in 2016 for the refounded Forza Italia. He won the 2022 Sicilian regional election and was elected president of the region.
During his career, Schifani has been the subject of Sicilian Mafia allegations. In at least two occasions, he had been associated with people who were convicted of Mafia. In both cases, Schifani has never been investigated or tried for any Mafia-related offence.
Renato Maria Giuseppe Schifani (Italian pronunciation: [reˈnato skiˈfani]; born 11 May 1950) is an Italian politician who has served as the president...
election of the President of Sicily were held on 25 September, 2022. RenatoSchifani, candidate of the centre-right coalition, easily won the election,...
region until 2012. Sicily is now governed by a centre-right coalition. RenatoSchifani is the current President and has served since 2022. Administratively...
(former Minister of the Interior and of Industry), Enrico La Loggia, RenatoSchifani, Guido Crosetto, Raffaele Fitto, Giuseppe Gargani, Alfredo Antoniozzi...
Pucci Franco Restivo Antonino Saetta Amedeo di Savoia Pietro Scaglione RenatoSchifani Enzo Sellerio Antonio Starabba di Rudinì Carlo Vizzini Antonino Zichichi...
President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano and Senate's Speaker RenatoSchifani. When Gaddafi faced a civil war in 2011, Italy imposed a freeze on...
second, with 24.0% of the vote, behind the centre-right candidate RenatoSchifani, while the affiliated party lists obtained 18.1%, electing eight members...
(1906–1971), magistrate Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), composer RenatoSchifani (born 1950), President of the Senate Salvatore Schillaci (born 1964)...
was elected President of the Senate by 137 votes, against 117 for RenatoSchifani (PdL), the outgoing President. There was a fourth ballot runoff between...
power to vote to give its approval. The current President of Sicily is RenatoSchifani, who is serving for his first term after winning the 2022 regional...
by Gaetano Quagliariello or re-joined FI (e.g. Nunzia De Girolamo, RenatoSchifani and Massimiliano Salini), in both cases re-aligning with the FI-led...
so-called "Lodo Maccanico" act (also known as "Lodo Schifani", after the name of RenatoSchifani, the lawyer of Berlusconi and now speaker of the Italian...
President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Senate RenatoSchifani, President of the Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini and Prime Minister...
November 2017 – 13 October 2022 Preceded by Rosario Crocetta Succeeded by RenatoSchifani Member of the Senate of the Republic Incumbent Assumed office 13 October...
Minister Berlusconi, President Giorgio Napolitano, Senate President RenatoSchifani, and Chamber President Gianfranco Fini, among others. The Democratic...
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