Paolo Del Debbio
{{Short description|Italian journalist and TV presenter (born 1958)}}
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| birth_place = Lucca, Italy
| nationality = Italian
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Paolo Del Debbio (born 13 February 1958) is an Italian journalist, television presenter, and politician. He is also a lecturer in ethics and economics at the IULM University of Milan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.panorama.it/paolo-del-debbio-intervista-ascolti|title=Paolo Del Debbio: "Nel mio talk do voce alla gente e ora sbarco sui social"|website=Panorama|date=8 April 2021 }}
Biography
Del Debbio was born in Lucca in 1958.{{Cite book|author=Paolo Del Debbio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jxQEAAAQBAJ&dq=paolo+del+debbio+1958&pg=PT2|title=Le 10 cose che ho imparato dalla vita|year=2011| publisher=Edizioni Piemme |isbn=9788858527894}} He obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome and a degree in philosophy from the Pontifical Urban University.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imtv.it/le-schede-di-imtv/personaggi-tv/paolo-del-debbio/?amp|title=Paolo Del Debbio: biografia, programmi, curiosità|website=IMTV|date=4 November 2020 }} In 1988, Del Debbio began working for Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest group, first as coordinator of the research department and then as assistant to CEO Fedele Confalonieri. At Fininvest, Del Debbio met Gina Nieri, with whom he married and had two daughters: Maddalena and Sara.{{Cite web|url=https://www.money.it/Paolo-Del-Debbio-biografia-candidato-Forza-Italia|title=Chi è Paolo Del Debbio? Biografia del conduttore che potrebbe candidarsi con Forza Italia|website=Money.it|date=24 June 2017 }}
Working at Fininvest until 1993, Del Debbio was among the founders of Forza Italia, the liberal-conservative party launched by Berlusconi. Del Debbio wrote the party's political program,{{Cite book|author=Emanuela Poli|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DR2JAAAAMAAJ&q=paolo+del+debbio+1994+1997+Ufficio+Studi+nazionale+forza+italia|title=Forza Italia strutture, leadership e radicamento territoriale|year=2001|page=66| publisher=Mulino |isbn=9788815083456}}{{Cite web|url=https://st.ilsole24ore.com/art/SoleOnLine4/Italia/2010/03/intervista-doppia-draghi-del-debbio.shtml?refresh_ce=1|title=INTERVISTA DOPPIA / Del Debbio e Draghi sulle conseguenze politiche nel Pdl|website=Il Sole 24 Ore}} and was the director of the party's national studies office from 1994 to 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://www.avvenire.it/attualita/pagine/intervista_del_debbio|title=Del Debbio: con la crisi può uscire un partito più forte|website=Avvenire|date=2 August 2013 }} In the 1995 Tuscan regional election, Del Debbio was the candidate for president for the centre-right Pole for Freedoms but was defeated.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/tentazione-debbio-filosofo-liberale-che-pu-sedurre-milano-1152327.html|title=Tentazione Del Debbio: il filosofo liberale che può sedurre Milano|website=Il Giornale}} Later, from 1998 to 2001, he was municipal minister for the suburbs and security in the city government of Milan under mayor Gabriele Albertini (Forza Italia).{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/politica/elezioni-albertini-1.1236571|title=VERSO LE ELEZIONI COMUNALI – Albertini lancia Del Debbio: "Centrodestra unito con lui Così si vincono le elezioni"|website=Il Giorno|date=22 August 2015 }}
Since 2001 Del Dibbio has been a freelance journalist, enrolled in the Order of Journalists of Lombardy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elencogiornalisti.it/giornalisti/scheda_giornalista/del-debbio-paolo/52296|title=Giornalista Del Debbio Paolo iscritto all'ordine dei giornalisti di Lombardia|website=Elenco dei giornalisti}} Since 2004, he has presented several talk shows on Mediaset networks, such as Secondo voi (2004–2010), Mattino Cinque (2010–2013), Quinta colonna (2012–2018), Dalla vostra parte (2015–2016), and Dritto e rovescio (since 2019).{{Cite web|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/paolo-del-debbio|title=Del Debbio, Paolo|website=Treccani}}
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Category:Italian male journalists
Category:Italian television presenters
Category:Italian television talk show hosts
Category:Forza Italia politicians