Denis Verdini

Denis Verdini (born 8 May 1951 in Fivizzano) is an Italian politician and banker.

For other uses, see Verdini (disambiguation).
Denis Verdini
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
15 March 2013 – 23 March 2018
ConstituencyFlorence
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
26 May 2001 – 14 March 2013
ConstituencyFlorence
Personal details
Born (1951-05-08) 8 May 1951
Fivizzano, Italy
NationalityItalian
Political partyItalian Republican Party
(1970s–1995)
Forza Italia
(1995–2009)
The People of Freedom
(2009–2013)
Forza Italia
(2013–2015)
Liberal Popular Alliance
(2015–2018)
ChildrenTommaso
Francesca
Diletta
Alma materUniversity of Florence
ProfessionTax advisor

Biography

He graduated in Political Sciences and later became president of the local cooperative bank Credito Cooperativo Fiorentino.

He began his political career in the Italian Republican Party, without being elected in the 1994 Italian general elections. After Silvio Berlusconi's victory in those elections, he became a member of his Forza Italia party. He was subsequently elected in the Italian Parliament in 2001, 2006 and 2008.[1] He is a minor shareholder (15%) of the newspaper Il Foglio.

In 2009, after Berlusconi created The People of Freedom, he was named member of the national coordination office, together with Ignazio La Russa and Sandro Bondi.

On 23 July 2010 he resigned as president of Credito Cooperativo Fiorentino after his involvement in the so-called "P3" scandal,[2] in which he has been charged for participation in illegal secret activities, aiming to influence the verdict of the Italian Constitutional Court regarding the Lodo Alfano (the law was later declared anti-constitutional).

In July 2015, Verdini left Forza Italia and founded a new political party Liberal Popular Alliance, in support of Matteo Renzi's government.

In March 2016 the Senator Denis Verdini was sentenced by the Seventh Criminal Chamber of the Court of Rome to two years for complicity in corruption relating for the renovation of the Marshals School of Florence.[3]

References
  1. "Verdini's profile at Italian lower House" (in Italian). Italian Chamber of Deputies. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  2. "P3: Dell'Utri in procura a Roma" (in Italian). ANSA. 2010-06-27.
  3. Denis Verdini condannato a 2 anni per corruzione per Scuola dei Marescialli. Minoranza dem e M5s attaccano Renzi
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Preceded by
Title jointly held		 Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Legislatures
XIV, XV, XVI
2001 – present		 Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Sandro Bondi		 National coordinator of Forza Italia
2008–2009		 Succeeded by
Himself
with Sandro Bondi and Ignazio La Russa
as National Coordinator of People of Freedom
New political party National coordinator of The People of Freedom
2009 – present
With: Sandro Bondi
Ignazio La Russa		 Incumbent


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