Alfredo Biondi

Alfredo Biondi
Minister of Justice
In office
10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by Giovanni Conso
Succeeded by Filippo Mancuso
Minister of the Environment
In office
4 August 1983 – 30 July 1984
Prime Minister Bettino Craxi
Preceded by Enstablished office
Succeeded by Valerio Zanone
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
5 June 1968 – 24 May 1972
In office
20 June 1979 – 27 April 2006
Member of the Senate
In office
27 April 2006 – 28 April 2008
Personal details
Born (1928-06-29) 29 June 1928[1]
Pisa, Italy
Nationality Italian
Political party Liberal (till 1994)
Forza Italia (1994-2009)

Alfredo Biondi (born June 29, 1928) is 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 from 1985 to 1986, and later president of the same party. He was member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from June 1968 to May 1972, and then from June 1983 to April 2006. He has been Senator since April 2006.

In 1993, together with the last PLI leader, Raffaele Costa, he founded the Union of Centre, a small faction of the new Forza Italia party. He served as Justice Minister in Silvio Berlusconi's first government in 1994 (he served also as Ecology Minister in the 1980s). [3] Biondi was appointed President of Forza Italia's National Council in 2004.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Alfredo Biondi's profile at the Italian Senate (in Italian)
  2. ↑ Gumbel, Andrew (1995-02-04). "Ex-minister falls foul of TV trick". London: Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Hon. Alfredo Biondi turned 80". Pro-Deo State University. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
Political offices
Preceded by
Giovanni Conso		 Italian Minister of Justice
1994–1995		 Succeeded by
Filippo Mancuso
Preceded by
Enstablished office		 Italian Minister of Environment
1983–1984		 Succeeded by
Valerio Zanone



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