Italian political party (1994–2009) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forza Italia (FI; translated to "Forward Italy"[2][9][10][11][12][13] or "Let's Go Italy"[14][15][16][17]) was a centre-right[8] political party in Italy with liberal-conservative,[2][3][18][19] Christian-democratic,[4][8][20] liberal,[4][8][20][21] social-democratic[4] and populist[5][6][7] ideas. Its leader was Silvio Berlusconi, who was Prime Minister of Italy four times.
Forza Italia | |
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President | Silvio Berlusconi |
Vice President | Giulio Tremonti (2004–2009) Roberto Formigoni (2008–2009) |
Founded | 18 January 1994 |
Dissolved | 27 March 2009 |
Merged into | The People of Freedom |
Headquarters | Via dell'Umiltà 36, Rome |
Student wing | Students for the Freedoms |
Youth wing | Forza Italia – Young People for Freedom |
Membership (2007) | 400,000[1] |
Ideology | Liberal conservatism[2][3] Christian democracy[4] Liberalism[4] Populism[5][6][7] Social democracy[4] (minority) |
Political position | Centre-right[8] |
National affiliation | Pole of Freedoms/Pole of Good Government (1994), Pole for Freedoms (1996–2001), House of Freedoms (2001–2008) |
European affiliation | European People's Party (1999–2009) |
European Parliament group | Forza Europa (1994–1995), Union for Europe (1995–1998), EPP–ED (1998–2009) |
Colours | Azure |
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