Gerardo Bianco

Gerardo Bianco (born 12 September 1931, in Guardia Lombardi) is an Italian politician.[1]

Gerardo Bianco
Secretary of the Italian People's Party
In office
1995–1997
Preceded byRocco Buttiglione
Succeeded byFranco Marini
President of the Italian People's Party
In office
1997–1999
Preceded byGiovanni Bianchi
Italian Minister of Education
In office
1990–1991
Preceded bySergio Mattarella
Succeeded byRiccardo Misasi
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1968–1994
In office
2001–2008
Personal details
Born (1931-09-12) 12 September 1931
Guardia Lombardi, Italy
Political partyChristian Democracy (until 1994)
People's Party (1994–2002)
Independent (2002–2004)
Popular Italy (2004–2008)
The Rose for Italy (2008)
RelationsLucio Bianco (brother)
ProfessionPolitician, university professor

Early life

Bianco was born in Guardia Lombardi, Campania in Italy.[2]

Winner of a scholarship at the Augustinianum College of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, he graduated in classical letters.

Career

Bianco has been Deputy from 1968 to 1994 and from 2001 to 2008, chairman of Christian Democracy in the Chamber from 1979 to 1983 and from 1992 to 1994, Vice-President of Chamber of Deputies from 1987 to 1990 and MEP from 1994 to 1999. He also served as Minister of Education in the Andreotti VI Cabinet.

In 1995 he opposed the People's Party's Secretary Rocco Buttiglione for his approach to the centre-right in the occasion of the regional elections, doing reject its decision by the national assembly. Finally, Bianco was elected Secretary of the PPI while Buttiglione founded a new party, the United Christian Democrats. He remained Secretary until 1997, the year he became president of PPI. He also was the director of the newspaper Il Popolo in 1995 and from 1999 to 2000.

In 2002 Bianco opposed the dissolution of PPI into The Daisy, so he joined the new party as independent. In 2004 he founded the movement Popular Italy, with the purpose of restoring an autonomous presence organized for democratic Catholics in Italy.[3] In 2008 he refused to join the Democratic Party and he joined the mixed group.

References
  1. Stella e gli ex famosi Gerardo Bianco, ai giardinetti mai
  2. "Bianco". Associazione per lo sviluppo dell'industria nel Mezzogiorno (in Italian). Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. Nasce il movimento “Italia popolare”. Luogo politico di ascolto del cattolicesimo democratico
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