Oscar Giannino
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Oscar Giannino | |
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| President of Stop the Decline | |
| In office 28 July 2012 – 20 February 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Silvia Enrico |
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| Born | Oscar Fulvio Giannino 1 September 1961 Turin, Italy |
| Political party | ALI (since 2013) |
| Other political affiliations | PRI (1987–1994) RL (2005–2009) FiD (2012–2013) |
| Profession | Journalist, politician |
Oscar Fulvio Giannino (born 1 September 1961) is an Italian journalist and politician. A member of the Liberal Democratic Alliance for Italy (Italian: Alleanza Liberaldemocratica per l'Italia, ALI) since 2013, he is the former president of the free-market-oriented Stop the Decline (Italian: Fermare il Declino, FiD) party.
Biography
[edit]Giannino was born in Turin, the capital city of the Italian region of Piedmont. He soon started his career as journalist. In 1984, he became a member of the national leadership of the Italian Republican Party (Italian: Partito Repubblicano Italiano, PRI). He was the national secretary (Italian: segretario nazionale) of the party's youth wing from 1984 to 1987, and was the party's spokesperson (Italian: portavoce) from 1987 to 1994. From 2005 to 2009, he was a member of the Liberal Reformers (Italian: Riformatori Liberali, RL). In March 2012, he was a speaker at the national congress of the Grand Orient of Italy in Rimini.[1][2]
In August 2012, Giannino founded the Stop the Decline party, and in December he announced that he would run to become Prime Minister of Italy (Italian: presidente del Consiglio dei ministri) for the 2013 Italian general election. He stepped down from FiD's presidency (Italian: capo della forza politica) after it was discovered that he had fabricated his résumé by adding false academic claims, such as a law degree in Italy and a master's degree in corporate finance and public finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.[3] The deception was discovered by the party co-founder and Giannino's colleague, Luigi Zingales, who was professor at the Booth School of Business and left the political association.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rimini 30 marzo 1 aprile 2012 – 'Oltre la crisi, la bussola dei valori per ritrovare l'Uomo' Gran Loggia Grande Oriente d'Italia" [Rimini 30 March 1 April 2012 – 'Beyond the crisis, the compass of values to rediscover Man' Grand Lodge of the Grand Orient of Italy] (in Italian). Grand Orient of Italy. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "Rimini, 3 mila massoni divisi al congresso. Trasparenti a parole, ma liste blindate" [Rimini, 3,000 Freemasons divided at the congress. Transparent in words but closed lists]. Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ O'Leary, Naomi (20 February 2013). "Fake qualifications scandal torpedoes Berlusconi's rival". Reuters. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ Bacchi, Umberto (19 February 2013). "Italy: Anti-Corruption Politician Oscar Giannino Caught Fabricating CV". International Business Times. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
