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Francesco D'Onofrio (politician)

Francesco D'Onofrio
Minister of Public Education
In office
10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byRosa Russo Iervolino
Succeeded byGiancarlo Lombardi
Member of the Senate
In office
12 July 1983 – 1 July 1987
In office
9 May 1996 – 28 April 2008
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
26 July 1990 – 9 May 1996
Personal details
Born (1939-08-03) 3 August 1939 (age 85)
Salerno, Italy
Political partyDC (till 1994)
CCD (1994-2002)
UDC (since 2002)
Alma materUniversity of Naples
OccupationPolitician, academic, lawyer

Francesco D'Onofrio (born 3 August 1939) is an Italian politician and academic, former Minister of Public Education in the Berlusconi I Cabinet.

Biography

D'Onofrio graduated in law at the University of Naples Federico II and achieved a Master in Law at the Harvard University under the guidance of Henry Kissinger,[1] teaching a few years later Public Law at the Sapienza University of Rome.

In 1982, D'Onofrio joined the Christian Democracy, with which he has been elected to the Senate in 1983 and to the Chamber of Deputies in 1987 (he entered in Parliament only in 1990, replacing his colleague Giovanni Galloni who was elected to the CSM[2]) and in 1992.

From 12 April 1991 to 24 April 1992, he joined the Andreotti VII Cabinet as undersecretary at the Ministry for Constitutional Reforms and at the Ministry for Regional Affairs.[3]

In 1994, he joined Pier Ferdinando Casini's Christian Democratic Centre, allied with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia,[4] and is re-elected one more time to the Chamber of Deputies. In May 1994, D'Onofrio is appointed Minister of Public Education in the Berlusconi I Cabinet.[5]

He is later re-elected to the Senate in 1996, in 2001 and in 2006. From 1996 to 2001, D'Onofrio has been the group leader in Palazzo Madama of the Christian Democratic Centre,[6] while from 2006 to 2008 he has been the group leader of the Union of the Centre.[7] He decided not to run again for a seat in Parliament in 2008.[8]

He is currently a columnist of the online newspaper Formiche.net.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Francesco D'Onofrio, Autore presso Formiche.net". formiche.net. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Galloni lascia la Camera per entrare nel CSM". La Repubblica. 21 July 1990. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  3. ^ "La minaccia del viceministro tradito". La Repubblica. 18 April 1991. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Il CCD farà blocco con Forza Italia". La Repubblica. 6 April 1994. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Dalle retrovie alle poltronissime". La Repubblica. 10 May 1994. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Riforme: D'Onofrio da Berlusconi, meglio Art. 138". Adnkronos. 28 May 1996. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Quirinale: D'Onofrio, auguri da senatori UDC". Adnkronos. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Intervista a Francesco D'Onofrio sull'UDC, sulle elezioni politiche e il Partito del Popolo della libertà". Radio Radicale. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  • Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV legislature
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_D%27Onofrio_(politician)