Luigi Zanda
Luigi Zanda | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 23 May 2003 | |
| Constituency | Lazio |
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| Born | 28 November 1942 Cagliari, Italy |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
Luigi Zanda (born 28 November 1942) is an Italian politician, member of the Italian Senate and leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate.[1]
Political career[]
Luigi Zands was born in Cagliari in 1942. After becoming a lawyer he started working for the Institute for Industrial Reconstruction (IRI). During 1970s Zanda joined the Christian Democracy (DC) and cooperated with the Ministry of Public Administration.[2] Then he became the spokesperson of the Christian democratic leader Francesco Cossiga.
In 2003 Zanda was elected at the Italian Senate for The Daisy, a centrist party, heir of the DC left-wing. In 2007 he was among the founding fathers of the centre-left Democratic Party. On 19 March 2013, after the February's general election, he was elected by acclamation PD leader in the Senate.[3]
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- 1943 births
- Living people
- Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians
- Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy politicians
- Democratic Party (Italy) politicians
- 21st-century Italian politicians
- Members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy)
- Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy