Biography of Gianni Cuperlo

September 3, 1961
Giovanni Cuperlo (said Gianni) was born on September 3, 1961 in Trieste. After middle school he attended the liceo classico "Francesco Petrarca", where he graduated with a vote of 55/60 in 1980. In those years begins to approach to politics through school assemblies, but also thanks to events and meetings with the FGCI, the Italian Communist Youth Federation, which signs up very soon. Enrolled at the University of Bologna at the Dams, he graduated with honors, with a thesis on mass communication: it's 1985, and the presenter of Cuperlo is Mauro Wolf. He moved to Rome, became known as one of the most important personalities within the FGCI: in 1988 he was elected National Secretary, remaining driving the transition of 1989 which causes the youth organisation follows in the footsteps of Italian Communist Party policies. The 8 October 1990 Gianni Cuperlo, Ariccia, in the wake of the thought of Achille Occhetto advances the proposal to dissolve the FGCI, replacing it with a confederal organization, the Sinistra Giovanile, divided into four University associations, land, places of work and school. The idea of the triestine politician is met with 91 votes in favour, 13 against and 10 abstentions. The last Congress of the FGCI be staged in December 1990 in Pesaro: in those days the Organization dissolves, and the majority follows the Democratic Party of the left, the newborn. The Committee promoted the Sinistra Giovanile, followed by the appearance of youth issues such as not only black, modern times and left.
Cuperlo, then, is the latest Italian Communist Youth Federation's Secretary, and the first of the Sinistra Giovanile. In 1992 he joined the leadership of the Democratic Party of the left (Pds, which then turns into Democratici di Sinistra, Ds). This is a particularly productive period for the young Trieste, he knows and works for Massimo D'Alema: with the political party in both the House, both in Salento cooperates as Chairman of the Committee for reforms. With the same D'alema participates, for the publication of "a normal country. The left and the future of Italy "(published in 1996 by Mondadori, written with the collaboration of Claudio Velardi) and" the big break. The Italy towards reforms "(published two years later, also from Knopf). In 2001 John Cuperlo enters the National Secretariat of the Democrats of the left, becoming the party's Director of communications. Precisely because of its experience in the field of political communication, teaches at the University of Teramo as Adjunct Professor of political communication and theory and techniques of public communication.
In 2004, for David, "playing? History and future of politics on television ". Abandoned as head of communication of the Ds, in 2006 he was elected to the Chamber of deputies in the region Friuli Venezia Giulia in the lists of the olive tree: in the same period he became a member of the FOURTEENTH Commission (European Union). The following year Cuperlo enters the newly established democratic party. After the fall of the Prodi government and defeat remedied by Walter Veltroni in the elections of 2008, highlights the need to spare within the party in order to leave the leadership to a new generation. In the course of December, focuses on the absence of authority of the ruling classes of the center-left in the party, in institutions and in the territories. In 2009 publishes Fazi Editore "enough zercar. Left, movers, Democratic Party ". In 2013, following the general election that Decree the narrow victory of the Democratic Party and lead to the resignation of Pier Luigi Bersani from his position as Party Secretary, Gianni Cuperlo is listed as one of the possible candidates for the succession of the politician of Bettola: he preferred, instead, Guglielmo Epifani. In may, however, he expressed its intention to apply to the Secretary of the Democratic Party in an interview with Gad Lerner. In July is appreciated his speech during the meeting "Pd", where identifies the importance of considering the party as a community that must pursue social and civil rights. Is in favour of the primary, while in August launches "it's time to believe it," programmatic platform that expresses the intention to recover the authenticity of the center-left political path of our country. During these months underlines the importance of equality, dignity and secular faith in people, and the goal to feed into a European party of Liberals and Socialists.
From the point of view of social policy, he stresses the need to redistribute power and rights to the less-favoured social classes, opposing the predominance of liberal culture. The national holiday of Genoa, Gianni Cuperlo argues, among other things, the need to engage in a more direct and participatory democracy party members, not only during the primaries. Candidate for the leadership of the party together with Matteo Renzi and goofy Civati, December 8, 2013, loses in favor of the Mayor of Florence.
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