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Mino Martinazzoli
politician · lawyer
- November 3, 1931 · Orzinuovi
- September 4, 2011 · Brescia
- 79 years
- long illness
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|Fermo "Mino" Martinazzoli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfermo ˈmiːno martinatˈtsɔːli]; 3 November 1931 – 4 September 2011) was an Italian lawyer, politician, and former minister. He was the last secretary of the Christian Democracy (DC) party and the first secretary of the Italian People's Party (PPI) founded in 1994.
Early life and education
Born in Orzinuovi, Martinazzoli studied at Collegio Borromeo in Pavia, where he received a law degree. He then became a lawyer.
Career
Martinazzoli's political career began in the 1960s and 1970s, when he assumed official roles in Brescia's DC. From 1970 to 1972, he was the province of Brescia president. In 1972, he was elected in the Senate of the Republic, after which he became Minister of Justice in 1983, a position he held for three years. In 1986–1989, he was president of DC's deputies. In 1989–1990, he was Minister of Defence but resigned, together with other ministers of the DC's left-wing, after the approval of a law that strengthened Silvio Berlusconi's monopoly over private TV channels in Italy.
In 1992, when the DC party was being wiped out by the Tangentopoli bribery scandal, Martinazzoli, generally respected as an honest and competent man, was elected national secretary. Despite his efforts, the political crisis which followed the corruption scandals forced him to dissolve the DC in 1994. Martinazzoli then founded a new party, based on similar ideals, whose name recalled that of the ancestor of the DC, the Italian People's Party, which was founded in 1919 by Luigi Sturzo. In the new majoritarian system, Martinazzoli's party placed itself in the political centre between the political left, which included the heirs of the Italian Communist Party, and the political right with the new Berlusconi's Forza Italia, which had allied with the Northern Italy-based regionalist party, the Lega Nord (Northern League), as part of the Pole of Freedoms, and the post-fascist National Alliance as part of the Pole of Good Government. His will not to ally with any of them caused numerous politicians, such as Pierferdinando Casini and Clemente Mastella, to leave the PPI and form the Christian Democratic Centre (CCD), which supported Berlusconi. At the 1994 Italian general election, Martinazzoli formed a centrist alliance known as the Pact for Italy, including PPI and other democratic centrist forces. The result of the election was disappointing, with PPI obtaining 11%, some one third of the DC's consensus before its dissolution. In the same year, he accepted to run as mayor of Brescia for the new centre-left coalition, known as The Olive Tree, winning the final ballot and acting as mayor until 1998.
In 2000, Martinazzoli lost the competition with Roberto Formigoni for the president of Lombardy. After the PPI was dissolved in 2002, Martinazzoli migrated to Mastella's UDEUR in 2004, being appointed as its president, a position from which he resigned in 2005. He died on 4 September 2011, at the age of 79.
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Trivia & Knowledge· 15 questions
Questions drawn from Mino Martinazzoli's archived record and the sources above.
1.On what date was Mino Martinazzoli born?
- A.1 January 1930
- B.4 September 2011
- C.3 November 1931correct
- D.15 May 1932
Mino Martinazzoli was born on 3 November 1931.
Source: introduction
2.In which Italian town was Mino Martinazzoli born?
- A.Orzinuovicorrect
- B.Pavia
- C.Brescia
- D.Milan
Mino Martinazzoli was born in Orzinuovi.
Source: early life and education
3.Where did Mino Martinazzoli receive his law degree?
- A.Milan Law School
- B.University of Rome
- C.Brescia University
- D.Collegio Borromeo in Paviacorrect
Mino Martinazzoli studied at Collegio Borromeo in Pavia where he received his law degree.
Source: early life and education
4.What position did Mino Martinazzoli hold from 1970 to 1972?
- A.President of Lombardy
- B.Mayor of Brescia
- C.Minister of Justice
- D.President of the province of Bresciacorrect
Mino Martinazzoli served as the president of the province of Brescia from 1970 to 1972.
Source: career section
5.When did Mino Martinazzoli first serve as the Minister of Justice?
- A.1994
- B.1989
- C.1972
- D.1983correct
Mino Martinazzoli became Minister of Justice in 1983 and held the position for three years.
Source: career section
6.Which party was Mino Martinazzoli the last secretary of?
- A.Forza Italia
- B.Italian People's Party
- C.Christian Democracycorrect
- D.UDEUR
Mino Martinazzoli served as the last secretary of the Christian Democracy party.
Source: introduction
7.Who founded the original Italian People's Party in 1919?
- A.Silvio Berlusconi
- B.Luigi Sturzocorrect
- C.Mino Martinazzoli
- D.Pierferdinando Casini
The Italian People's Party was founded in 1919 by Luigi Sturzo.
Source: career section
8.Which politicians left the Italian People's Party to form the Christian Democratic Centre?
- A.Silvio Berlusconi and Mino Martinazzoli
- B.Pierferdinando Casini and Clemente Mastellacorrect
- C.Clemente Mastella and Roberto Formigoni
- D.Roberto Formigoni and Luigi Sturzo
Pierferdinando Casini and Clemente Mastella left the PPI to form the CCD due to disagreements over political alliances.
Source: career section
9.What was the result for the Italian People's Party in the 1994 general election?
- A.11%correct
- B.50%
- C.5%
- D.33%
The Italian People's Party obtained 11% of the vote in the 1994 general election.
Source: career section
10.In which year did Mino Martinazzoli serve as the mayor of Brescia?
- A.2000–2002
- B.1994–1998correct
- C.1986–1989
- D.1990–1992
Mino Martinazzoli served as mayor of Brescia from 1994 until 1998.
Source: career section
11.Whom did Mino Martinazzoli lose to in the competition for the president of Lombardy in 2000?
- A.Pierferdinando Casini
- B.Silvio Berlusconi
- C.Roberto Formigonicorrect
- D.Clemente Mastella
In 2000, Mino Martinazzoli lost the competition for the president of Lombardy to Roberto Formigoni.
Source: career section
12.When did Mino Martinazzoli migrate to the UDEUR party?
- A.2005
- B.2011
- C.2004correct
- D.2002
Mino Martinazzoli migrated to Mastella's UDEUR in 2004.
Source: career section
13.What was the name of the centrist alliance formed by Mino Martinazzoli for the 1994 general election?
- A.The Olive Tree
- B.Pact for Italycorrect
- C.Pole of Good Government
- D.Pole of Freedoms
Mino Martinazzoli formed a centrist alliance known as the Pact for Italy for the 1994 general election.
Source: career section
14.At what age did Mino Martinazzoli die?
- A.80
- B.75
- C.82
- D.79correct
Mino Martinazzoli died on 4 September 2011, at the age of 79.
Source: career section
15.What was the title of the book Mino Martinazzoli co-authored in 2009?
- A.Uno strano democristianocorrect
- B.The Last Secretary
- C.The Brescia Years
- D.My Life in Politics
Mino Martinazzoli co-authored the book Uno strano democristiano with Annachiara Valle in 2009.
Source: bibliography
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