Francesco D'Onofrio (politician)
{{Short description|Italian politician and academic (born 1939)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Francesco D'Onofrio
| image = Francesco_D'Onofrio_datisenato_2006.jpg
| order = Minister of Public Education
| term_start = 10 May 1994
| term_end = 17 January 1995
| primeminister = Silvio Berlusconi
| predecessor = Rosa Russo Iervolino
| successor = Giancarlo Lombardi
| order2 = Member of the Senate
| term_start2 = 12 July 1983
| term_end2 = 1 July 1987
| term_start3 = 9 May 1996
| term_end3 = 28 April 2008
| order4 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies
| term_start4 = 26 July 1990
| term_end4 = 9 May 1996
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1939|8|3}}
| birth_place = Salerno, Italy
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = DC {{small|(till 1994)}}
CCD {{small|(1994-2002)}}
UDC {{small|(since 2002)}}
| alma_mater = University of Naples
| nationality = Italian
| occupation = Politician, 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,{{cite web|url=https://formiche.net/author/francesc15114/|title=Francesco D'Onofrio, Autore presso Formiche.net|work=formiche.net|date=29 September 2015|access-date=7 November 2018}} 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{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1990/07/21/galloni-lascia-la-camera-per-entrare-nel.html?ref=search|title=Galloni lascia la Camera per entrare nel CSM|work=La Repubblica|date=21 July 1990|access-date=7 November 2018}}) 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.{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1991/04/18/la-minaccia-del-viceministro-tradito.html?ref=search|title=La minaccia del viceministro tradito|work=La Repubblica|date=18 April 1991|access-date=7 November 2018}}
In 1994, he joined Pier Ferdinando Casini's Christian Democratic Centre, allied with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia,{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/04/06/il-ccd-fara-blocco-con-forza.html?ref=search|title=Il CCD farà blocco con Forza Italia|work=La Repubblica|date=6 April 1994|access-date=7 November 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/05/10/dalle-retrovie-alle-poltronissime.html?ref=search|title=Dalle retrovie alle poltronissime|work=La Repubblica|date=10 May 1994|access-date=7 November 2018}}
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,{{cite web|url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/1996/05/28/Politica/RIFORME-DONOFRIO-DA-BERLUSCONI-MEGLIO-ART-138_160500.php|title=Riforme: D'Onofrio da Berlusconi, meglio Art. 138|work=Adnkronos|date=28 May 1996|access-date=7 November 2018}} while from 2006 to 2008 he has been the group leader of the Union of the Centre.{{cite web|url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2006/05/11/Politica/QUIRINALE-DONOFRIO-AUGURI-DA-SENATORI-UDC_103821.php|title=Quirinale: D'Onofrio, auguri da senatori UDC|work=Adnkronos|date=11 May 2006|access-date=7 November 2018}} He decided not to run again for a seat in Parliament in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/247494/intervista-a-francesco-donofrio-sulludc-sulle-elezioni-politiche-e-il-partito-del|title=Intervista a Francesco D'Onofrio sull'UDC, sulle elezioni politiche e il Partito del Popolo della libertà|work=Radio Radicale|date=14 February 2008|access-date=7 November 2018}}
He is currently a columnist of the online newspaper Formiche.net.
References
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External links
- Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): [http://www.senato.it/leg/09/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00000763.htm IX], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=X%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg10/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d31010 X], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=XI%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg11/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d31010 XI], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=XII%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg12/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d31010 XII], [http://www.senato.it/leg/13/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00000763.htm XIII], [http://www.senato.it/leg/14/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00000763.htm XIV], [http://www.senato.it/leg/15/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00000763.htm XV] legislature
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Category:Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians
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