Roberto Calderoli

Latest News

Roberto Calderoli (born 18 April 1956) is an Italian politician and a member of the Senate of Italy. He is currently a Minister without portfolio for Legislative Simplification in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet. He previously served as Minister without portfolio for Reforms and Devolution in the Berlusconi II Cabinet (since 20 June 2004) and in the Berlusconi III Cabinet (until 18 February 2006, when he resigned following the so-called "cartoon crisis"). Roberto Calderoli is a leading member of the Northern League. He is usually seenas representing the component originating from the right wingand Bergamo, whereas Roberto Maroni represents the area originating from the left wing and Varese.

A native of Bergamo and a dentist like many of his relativies, Calderoli started his political experience with the Lega Lombarda, a precursor of the federated Northern League, of which he was the president in 1993 and national secretary between 1995 and 2002.

Between 1990 and 1995 he sat in the town council in Bergamo, and since 2002 he has been the coordinator of the national secretariat of the Northern League. He was an MP in the Chamber of Deputies between 1992 and 2001, as a representative of the Northern League-Padania, and for a while he was president of the Commission for Social Affairs.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Roberto Calderoli." | Wiki History
Concussion ends season of Jamal Lewis (12 min)
Markets up but lackluster Thursday (12 min)
Women's World Cup expands field to 24 (14 min)
UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News (22 min)
Genes allow humans longer life than apes (33 min)
Screening uncovers kids' heart conditions (36 min)
Study: People fickle about vaccines (38 min)
fark
If there was any doubt as to which list William C. Caldwell III of Georgia is on, it was eliminated...
More unidentified voters surface at Illiinois cemetery
Screw you, loafers, homeless people and wishing wells
Power of Fark combines with power of attorney to touch children. Wait
Criticize the Iranian government on the streets of Tehran, get clubbed. Criticize them on Facebook...
The cheesification of the Wall Street Journal is complete, with this utterly vapid article on male...