Biography of Umberto Bossi
In the name of God While
September 19, 1941Umberto Bossi was born in Cassano Magnago (Va) on September 19, 1941. Married and father of four children, Emanuela kicks off his political career in the late ' 70 through the encounter, which took place at the University of Pavia, with Bruno Salvadori, historic leader of the Union Valdotaine that brings him closer to the themes of autonomism. In terms of both leading studies chiaccherati padano (a catchphrase that often occupies the headlines), official figures show that in high school he attended the scientific high school and later took the abandoned medical studies before graduation. To be precise, the website of the Government reports, as qualification "specialist in electronics as applied to medicine". Always the Italian Government website informs, in the biography dedicated to Mr, that Bossi "in 1979 comes into contact with the world of autonomist Alpine peoples and became the standard bearer in the Po Valley regions." Later, in the early ' 80, along with Giuseppe Leoni and Roberto Maroni, Bossi founded the Lombard League, of which he was appointed Secretary. From that moment begins a long period dedicated to the most fervent politics full of rallies, meetings and programs, and a tireless proselyte autonomist proceedings. Working with patient and persistent, i believe Po manage to gather around him a large consensus, as reflected especially in the elections of 1987, the year of change. In fact, scraped together a nice number of votes, was obviously from the regions of the North, Bossi and his chums are able at last to cross the threshold of Parliament. Umberto Bossi will then only League, to enter the Senate, earning the nickname is still used against him, "Senatur". In 1989 the Lombard League turns into Lega Nord, thanks to the Union of the party with the leagues of other regions in the North. Again it is Bossi's main creator and instigator of this enlargement, initially opposed by a broad fringe of his party, hostile to change and wary of other political realities.
Due to its fundamental work of cohesion Bossi is as expected Federal Secretary, a position he held even at present. In the same year he was also elected to the European Parliament. Cornerstone of the policy pursued by the "so-called" is first and foremost the Senatur "devolution", namely the transfer by Government and by the Central Administration of the State to the regions of legislative power in matters of topical social and individual such as safety, health, work and study. Cascade, alongside this project, there is the battle against the bureaucracy and the Roman centralism. In April 1990, with the League has become a truly mass party, Bossi invents the manifestation of Pontida which will become a permanent fixture of the Northern League people. Amidst all this important series of initiatives, these are also years waiting for the explosion of Tangentopoli, a momentous event which sees Bossi initially cheering and among his most ardent supporters of a pool of magistrates intent to investigate corruption. Among the various inquiries is also grazed Bossi himself and his League, to a related question to an illegal financing of one hundred million Liras, apparently received by the then leaders Montedison. After the storm, is the time of the rescue.
After seven years of opposition to the central political power and "thieving Rome", the elections of 1992 recorded a real growth of the League, which succeeds in bringing to Rome eighty members of Parliament. At that juncture, among other things, Bossi accepts for the first time to personally approach the Executive (thanks to the first Berlusconi Government), and then to settle in the hated power "romano". In any event, the passion of federalist "Senatur" not subsiding certainly, so here it is, in June 1995, participate in the establishment of the Po Valley that Parliament meets for the first time in Bagnolo San Vito, in the province of Mantua. A few months after the League causes the downfall of the Berlusconi Government, a maneuver that will go to the news as the "reversal". Now out of the Executive and after provoking a real political earthquake, Bossi brings to life, in September 1996, the celebrations of the "God Bit" (as he calls it), which consists of reenactments of ancient rites of the Po Valley and in the collection, via nebulizer, that river water brought afterward with a relay race to Venice, in order to be poured into the lagoon as a symbol and testimony of the "purity" of the North. Afterwards, Bossi and Berlusconi have developed an understanding again, based on consistent promises of "devolution" of the politician-businessman at the honed federalist. Made the deal, the League, along with Forza Italy and obtained excellent results in the elections of May 13, 2001. Back to the Government with Silvio Berlusconi, therefore, was awarded the "Senatur" as Minister for institutional reform.
In 2004 resigns as Minister and Deputy, choosing to go to hold his seat at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. In the same year a stroke strikes causing pulmonary edema and brain Anoxia; the rehab forces him to a long hospital stay in Switzerland and a convalescence. Therefore you should stop political activity. Bossi back on the political scene in early 2005. In the election campaign of 2006 back to intervene rallies and public meetings in support of the Northern League candidates to Parliament. He was elected Deputy however rejects the place to stay in the European Parliament. Since May 2008 and until the middle of November 2011 is Minister without portfolio, Minister for reforms and federalism. On April 5, 2012 review his resignation as Secretary of the Northern League: twenty years to the day since the elections of 1992, remembered as the first real political victory of the Northern League, the "result" resigns as a result of the investigations carried out by the judiciary on the Treasurer of the Party (Francis Belsito) that led to an alleged diversion of funds for the family of the political leader.
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