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Italo Bocchino | |
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Member of theChamber of Deputies | |
In office 9 May 1996 – 14 March 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Italo Bocchino (1967-07-06)6 July 1967 (age 57) Naples, Italy |
Political party | MSI(until 1995) AN(1995–2009) PdL(2009–2010) FLI(2010–2013) |
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Spouse | Gabriella Buontempo |
Alma mater | University of Naples Federico II |
Profession | Politician, journalist |
Italo Bocchino (born 6 July 1967) is an Italian politician and journalist.
Bocchino was born inNaples, and in his youth, he was a member of theItalian Social Movement (a post-fascist formation) and worked as a spokesman for the member of parliamentGiuseppe Tatarella, and subsequently as a journalist forIl Secolo d'Italia.
In 1996, 2001 and 2006 he was elected to theItalian Chamber of Deputies forNational Alliance, the party founded byGianfranco Fini to replace MSI. In 2005 he was the centre-right candidate for the presidency of theCampania region, but was defeated byAntonio Bassolino. In 2007 he foundedCon, a conservative magazine.
Despite having been elected to the Italian Parliament intoThe People of Freedom lists in 2008, Bocchino in 2010 followed Gianfranco Fini to foundFuture and Freedom, a centre-right party which aims to counterSilvio Berlusconi's predominance in the Italian right area. Within the party, he is the founder of theGeneration Italy movement.
Italian Chamber of Deputies | ||
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Preceded by Title jointly held | Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Legislatures XIII, XIV, XV, XVI 1996 – 2013 | Succeeded by Title jointly held |
Party political offices | ||
New political party | Chamber of Deputies Group Leader ofFuture and Freedom 2010–2011 | Succeeded by |
Vice President of Future and Freedom 2011–2013 | Party dissolved |