Diventerà Bellissima

The correct title of this article is #DiventeràBellissima. The substitution of the # is due to technical restrictions.

Diventerà Bellissima^[a] (lit. "[Sicily] Will Become Very Beautiful") is a regionalist and conservative political party active in Sicily, Italy. The party is led by Nello Musumeci, the former President of Sicily and current Minister for Civil Protection and Marine Policies, who is also affiliated to Brothers of Italy.

#DiventeràBellissima
President	Nello Musumeci
Founded	November 2014; 10 years ago (2014-11)
Headquarters	Via Caronda, 4 95129 Catania
Ideology	Regionalism[1] Autonomism[2] Conservatism[3] Meridionalism[4]
Political position	Right-wing[5]
National affiliation	Political party: Brothers of Italy Coalition: Centre-right coalition
Colors	Blue   Gold
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 400
Senate	1 / 200 (into Brothers of Italy)
European Parliament	0 / 76
Sicilian Regional Assembly	3 / 70 (into Brothers of Italy)
Website
www.diventerabellissima.it
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The party's name was inspired by a statement about Sicily of Paolo Borsellino, an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate killed by the Mafia in 1992.^[6]

History

Diventerà Bellissima was founded in November 2014 by Nello Musumeci, former MEP and President of Catania Province, and Fabio Granata, former Vice President of Sicily.^[7]

In the 2017 Sicilian regional election, the party won 6.0% of the vote and 6 seats in the Regional Assembly,^[8] contributing to elect Musumeci at the head of the regional government.^[9] Few months later, on 18 December, DB had its constituent congress in Palermo, in which Nello Musumeci was elected president and Raffaele Stancanelli, coordinator.^[10]

The party run in the 2018 general election within Brothers of Italy (FdI), a national conservative party led by Giorgia Meloni. In the election, Stancanelli succeeded in being elected in the Senate, thus he left his role as coordinator. On 24 February 2019, he was replaced by Gino Ioppolo during the second party's congress.^[11]

In 2022 joined the Brothers of Italy party and Musumeci became minister of the Meloni Cabinet.

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies
Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/−	Leader
2018	Into FdI	–	0 / 630	–	Nello Musumeci
2022	Into FdI	–	0 / 400	–	Nello Musumeci

Senate of the Republic
Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/−	Leader
2018	Into FdI	–	1 / 315	–	Nello Musumeci
2022	Into FdI	–	1 / 200	–	Nello Musumeci

Sicilian Regional Assembly

Sicilian Regional Assembly
Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/−	Leader
2017	114,708 (6th)	5.96	6 / 70	–	Nello Musumeci
2022	into FdI	–	5 / 70	1	Nello Musumeci

Leadership

• President: Nello Musumeci (2014–present)
• Coordinator: Alessandro Aricò / Giusy Savarino / Ruggero Razza (2015–2017), Raffaele Stancanelli (2017–2018), Giuseppe Catania / Giovanna Candura / Enrico Trantino (2018-2019), Gino Ioppolo (2019–2021), Alessandro Aricò / Giorgio Assenza / Giusy Savarino (2021–2022)

Notes

1. also written as #DiventeràBellissima