Stefano Caldoro

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| name = Stefano Caldoro

| image = StefanoCaldoro.jpg

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| order1 = President of Campania

| term_start1 = 17 April 2010

| term_end1 = 18 June 2015

| predecessor1 = Antonio Bassolino

| successor1 = Vincenzo De Luca

| order2 = Minister for the Implementation of the Government Program

| primeminister2 = Silvio Berlusconi

| term_start2 = 23 April 2005

| term_end2 = 17 May 2006

| predecessor2 = Claudio Scajola

| successor2 = Giulio Santagata

| office3 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies

| term_start4 = 23 April 1992

| term_end4 = 14 April 1994

| constituency4 = Naples

| term_start3 = 29 April 2008

| term_end3 = 27 May 2010

| constituency3 = Campania

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|12|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Campobasso, Italy

| nationality = Italian

| profession = Politician, journalist, business consultant

| party = PSI {{small|(1985–1994)}}
PSR {{small|(1994–1996)}}
PS {{small|(1996–2001)}}
NPSI {{small|(2001–present)}}
PdL {{small|(2009–2013)}}
FI {{small|(2013–present)}}

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| spouse = Annamaria Colao

| children = 1

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Stefano Caldoro (born 13 December 1960 in Campobasso, Molise) is an Italian politician. He is the current leader of the New PSI.

Biography

Stefano Caldoro was born on 3 December 1960 in Campobasso. His father was the former socialist deputy Antonio Caldoro. Caldoro has a degree in political science, and in 1985 was elected in the regional council of Campania, where he has held the position of chairman of the Planning and Territory Commission and the position of group's leader of the Italian Socialist Party.

In the 1992 general election he was elected in the Chamber of Deputies. In 1994, after the dissolution of the Italian Socialist Party, Caldoro joined the centre-right coalition, led by Silvio Berlusconi.

In 2001, Caldoro served as Uudersecretary and then as deputy minister of education, university and research in the Berlusconi II Cabinet. Subsequently, he served as minister for the implementation of the government program in the Berlusconi III Cabinet.

On 24 June 2007 Caldoro was appointed secretary of the New Italian Socialist Party.{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2007/giugno/25/Caldoro_segretario_del_Nuovo_Psi_co_9_070625115.shtml |title=Caldoro segretario del Nuovo Psi |work=Corriere della Sera |date= |access-date=8 August 2014}} He held office until 2011, when he was appointed president of the same party.[http://www.antenna3.tv/2011/06/25/lucio-barani-nominato-segretario-nazionale-del-nuovo-psi-succede-a-stefano-caldoro-presidente-regione-campania/ Lucio Barani nominato Segretario Nazionale del Nuovo PSI, succede a Stefano Caldoro Presidente Regione Campania]

In the 2008 general election Caldoro was again elected in the Chamber of Deputies with The People of Freedom.

At the 2010 regional election Caldoro was elected president of Campania with 54.3% of the votes, defeating the mayor of Salerno Vincenzo De Luca.[http://www.regionalicampania.it/ Risultati elettorali] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615140117/http://regionalicampania.it/ |date=15 June 2013 }} However, in the following regional election of 2015, he was defeated in turn by De Luca.

Electoral history

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width=12%\|Election ! width=20%\|House ! width=30%\|Constituency ! width=5% colspan="2"\|Party ! width=12%\|Votes ! width=20%\|Result
1992 \| Chamber of Deputies \| Naples–Caserta \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Italian Socialist Party}}" \| \| PSI \| 35,810 \| {{tick\|15}} Elected
2006 \| Chamber of Deputies \| Campania 1 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|New Italian Socialist Party}}" \| \| NPSI \| – \| {{cross\|15}} Not elected
2008 \| Chamber of Deputies \| Campania 1 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|The People of Freedom}}" \| \| PdL \| –{{efn\|Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.}} \| {{tick\|15}} Elected
2022 \| Senate of the Republic \| Campania – Naples Fuorigrotta \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Forza Italia (2013)}}" \| \| FI \| 78,208 \| {{cross\|15}} Not elected

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1992

| Chamber of Deputies

| Naples–Caserta

| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}" |

| PSI