Francesco Storace
| Senatore Francesco Storace |
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| File:STORACE Francesco.jpg | |
| Member of the Italian Senate | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office April 19, 2006 |
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| Constituency | Lazio |
| President of Lazio Region | |
| In office 2000–2005 |
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| Preceded by | Piero Badaloni |
| Succeeded by | Piero Marrazzo |
| Italian Minister of Health | |
| In office 23 April 2005 – 10 March 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Girolamo Sirchia |
| Succeeded by | Silvio Berlusconi interim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 25, 1959 Cassino, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | La Destra |
| Profession | journalist |
Francesco Storace (born 25 January 1959 in Cassino, Lazio) is an Italian politician.
He began his career at the right-wing newspaper Il Secolo d'Italia, until entering the ranks of the Italian Social Movement (MSI) and later of National Alliance (AN). He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the first time in 1994. At the time he was the spokesman of Gianfranco Fini.
In April 2000 he was elected President of Lazio, but failed the re-election in 2005, defeated by the centre-left candidate Piero Marrazzo. He was subsequently named Minister of Health in the Berlusconi III Cabinet.
In March 2006 Storace was involved in the so-called Laziogate scandal, leading to his resignation from the government. He is suspected to have illegally exploited informatics mean to investigate the memberships of the new party founded by Alessandra Mussolini, a former member of AN who was one of his rivals in the 2005 regional election.
On 10 April 2006 he was elected to the Italian Senate in Lazio, where he was at the head of the party list.
On 3 July 2007, after having continually criticized the leadership of Gianfranco Fini at least since 2005, he finally left AN on 16 November 2007. One of the motivations of the criticism between Fini and Storace is the fact that Fini repudiated Italian Fascism, saying that Fascism is evil, while Storace doesn't agree with that statement. In November 2007 he founded his brand new national-conservative party, named La Destra, which means The Right.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Piero Badaloni |
President of Lazio Region 2000 - 2005 |
Succeeded by Piero Marrazzo |
| Preceded by Girolamo Sirchia |
Italian Minister of Health 2005 - 2006 |
Succeeded by Silvio Berlusconi |
| Assembly seats | ||
| Preceded by Title jointly held |
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Legislatures XII, XIII 1994 -2001 |
Succeeded by Title jointly held |
| Preceded by Title jointly held |
Member of the Italian Senate Legislatures XV 2006 - present |
Incumbent |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by New Party |
Secretary of The Right 2007 - present |
Incumbent |
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