Domenico Fisichella
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities
In office
10 May 1994  17 January 1995
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byAlberto Ronchey
Succeeded byAntonio Paolucci
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
15 April 1994  28 April 2008
Personal details
Born
Domenico Fisichella

(1935-09-15) 15 September 1935
Messina, Italy
Political party
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Alma materUniversity of Perugia
OccupationAcademic

Domenico Fisichella (born 15 September 1935)[1] is an Italian academic and politician, who served as culture minister in the Berlusconi I Cabinet from 1994 to 1995.

Career

Fisichella taught political science at Sapienza University of Rome and the Luiss Business School.[2] He wrote for Rome daily Il Tempo.[2]

He was a founding member of the right-wing National Alliance.[3][4] He was the constitutional advisor of Gianfranco Fini, the leader of the party.[5][6] He was appointed minister of culture to the first cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi on 10 May 1994.[7] Fisichella replaced Alberto Ronchey in the post.[8] Fisichella's ministerial term ended in December 1994 when the cabinet resigned.[9]

In 1994, Fisichella became a member of the Senate of the Republic and served there until 2008.[10] He became an independent senator[11] when he left the National Alliance in January 1996.[6] He served as the deputy speaker of the Italian senate for ten years.[10] After leaving politics, he continued to work at the University of Florence and Sapienza University of Rome, and as of 2012 he was also a lecturer at Luiss University of Rome.[12]

Views

Fisichella was the ideologue of the National Alliance and a monarchist.[13]

Controversy

Although Fisichella is a distinguished and leading political scientist in international academic circles, his appointment as culture minister caused serious concerns in the international press.[14]

Works

Fisichella is the author of several books, including Istituzioni politiche. Struttura e pensiero (1999); Denaro e democrazia. Dall’antica Grecia all’economia globale (2000); Politica e mutamento sociale (2002) and Elezioni e democrazia. Un’analisi comparata (2003).[10]

See also

References

  1. "Domenico Fisichella". Corriere Della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 Peggy Polk (14 May 1994). "New Italy Leaders Prefer'Post-fascist' Label". Chicago Tribune. Rome. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  3. Carlo Ruzza; Stefano Fella (2009). Re-Inventing The Italian Right: Territorial Politics, Populism And 'post-fascism'. Milton Park: Routledge. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-415-34461-6.
  4. John Hooper (11 November 2004). "New gay row erupts in Italy". The Guardian. Rome. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  5. Peter Davies; Derek Lynch, eds. (2002). The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right. London; New York: Routledge. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-203-99472-6.
  6. 1 2 Andrew Gumbel (30 January 1996). "Right wing prolongs Italy's political agony". The Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  7. "List of ministers in Italy's 53rd postwar government". Associated Press. 10 May 1994. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  8. "Rome has a Show of Stolen Artworks to Highlight a Fight". The New York Times. 25 May 1994. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  9. David Forgacs (1996). "Cultural consumption, 1940s to 1990s". In Robert Lumley (ed.). Italian Cultural Studies: An Introduction. Oxford, England: OUP. p. 304. ISBN 9780198715085.
  10. 1 2 3 "About Domenico Fisichella". ECPR Press. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  11. Mu Xuequan (24 January 2008). "Italian gov't looks set to collapse". Xinhua. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  12. Giuseppe Terranova (29 June 2012). "European neo-populism at the crossroads". west-info.eu. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  13. Patricia Clough (26 June 1994). "Right wing in Rome turns back the sundial: Greenaway spectacle banned". The Independent. Rome. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  14. Paolo Tripod (June 1998). "The National Alliance and the Evolution of the Italian Right". Contemporary Review. 272 (1589). ISSN 0010-7565.
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