Denis Verdini

The Honourable Denis Verdini
Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 May 2001
Constituency	XII Tuscany
Personal details
Born	8 May 1951 (1951-05-08) (age 60) Fivizzano, province of Massa and Carrara
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Italian Republican Party (1994); Forza Italia (2001–2009); The People of Freedom (2009–present)
Profession	Tax advisor, politician

Denis Verdini (born 8 May 1951, in Fivizzano) is an Italian politician and banker.

Biography

He graduated in Political Sciences and later became president of the local cooperative bank Credito Cooperativo Fiorentino.

He began his political career in the Italian Republican Party, without being elected in the 1994 Italian general elections. After Silvio Berlusconi's victory in those elections, he became a member of his Forza Italia party. He was subsequently elected in the Italian Parliament in 2001, 2006 and 2008.^[1] He is a minor shareholder (15%) of the newspaper Il Foglio.

In 2009, after Berlusconi created the The People of Freedom, he was named member of the national coordination office, together with Ignazio La Russa and Sandro Bondi.

On 23 July 2010 he resigned as president of Credito Cooperativo Fiorentino after his involvement in the so-called "P3" scandal,^[2] in which he has been charged for corruption and participation in illegal secret activities, aiming to influence the verdict of the Italian Constitutional Court regarding the Lodo Alfano, a law by which Berlusconi would escape his penal involvements due to its institutional role (the law was later declared anti-constitutional). Verdini is also under investigation by the Court of Florence for corruption.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Verdini's profile at Italian lower House" (in Italian). Italian Chamber of Deputies. http://www.camera.it/29?shadow_deputato=300427. Retrieved 15 September 2010. 
2. ^ "P3: Dell'Utri in procura a Roma" (in Italian). ANSA. 2010-06-27. http://wwww.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/politica/2010/07/26/visualizza_new.html_1875299368.html. 
3. ^ "G8, l’inchiesta si allarga Indagato pure Denis Verdini" (in Italian). Il Secolo XIX. 2010-02-16. http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/italia/2010/02/16/AMcBM1ND-inchiesta_indagato_allarga.shtml. 

External links

• Profile at Italian Chamber of Deputies Official website (in Italian)

Italian Chamber of Deputies
Preceded by Title jointly held	Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Legislatures XIV, XV, XVI 2001 – present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Sandro Bondi	National coordinator of Forza Italia 2008–2009	Succeeded by Himself with Sandro Bondi and Ignazio La Russa as National Coordinator of People of Freedom
New political party	National coordinator of The People of Freedom 2009 – present With: Sandro Bondi Ignazio La Russa	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Verdini, Denis
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Date of birth	8 May 1951
Place of birth	Fivizzano
Date of death
Place of death