- Italian Socialists
The Italian Socialists ("Socialisti Italiani", SI) were a social-democratic political party, active in
Italy from 1994 to 1998.It was founded on 13 November 1994, immediately after the dissolution of the
Italian Socialist Party , which had been plagued by corruption scandals exposed by theMani pulite investigations. The party was led for its short life byEnrico Boselli .At the regional elections of 1995 the Socialisti Italiani formed a list with Democratic Alliance and
Patto Segni , which was calledPact of Democrats . The results, however, were disappointing.For the general elections of
1996 , the Italian Socialists joined the list ofItalian Renewal , a brand new centrist party led byLamberto Dini , within theOlive Tree coalition, acquiring in total 8 deputies (Giuseppe Albertini , Enrico Boselli,Aldo Brancati ,Vincenzo Ceremigna ,Giovanni Crema ,Sergio Fumagalli ,Paolo Manca andRoberto Villetti ) and 5 senators (Livio Besso Cordero ,Ottaviano Del Turco ,Giovanni Iuliano ,Maria Rosaria Manieri andCesare Marini ).In 1998 the party merged with the Italian Democratic Socialist Party, a portion of
Labour Federation , a portion of the Socialist Party and the Socialist League to form theItalian Democratic Socialists .Leadership
*Secretary:
Enrico Boselli (1994–1998)
**Deputy-Secretary:Roberto Villetti (1994–1998)
*President:Gino Giugni (1994–1996),Ottaviano Del Turco (1996–1998)
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