Stefano Fassina
Deputy Minister of Economy and Finances
In office
3 May 2013 – 4 January 2014
Prime MinisterEnrico Letta
Preceded byVittorio Grilli
Succeeded byEnrico Morando [it]
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 March 2013 – 13 October 2022
ConstituencyLazio 1
Personal details
Born (1966-04-17) 17 April 1966 (age 57)
Rome, Italy
Political partyDemocratic Party (2009–2015)
Future to the Left (2015)
Italian Left (2015–2018)
Fatherland and Constitution (since 2018)
Alma materBocconi University

Stefano Fassina (born 17 April 1966) is an Italian economist and politician. He is a former member of the Chamber of Deputies and of Italy's Democratic Party. Since 2018, he is the leader of the left-wing political association Fatherland and Constitution.

Biography

Born in Rome, Fassina was the university leader of the Youth Left in 1996. After graduating in economics from Bocconi University, he became consultant for the Italian Minister of Finance in Romano Prodi's government. From 2002 to 2005, he worked at the International Monetary Fund. In November 2009, Fassina started his political career as coordinator on economic issues for the Democratic Party. He was elected member of the Chamber of Deputies in 2012. On 2 May 2013, Fassina became the Italian Deputy Minister of Economy and Finances in the Enrico Letta government; he was dismissed on 4 January 2014,[1][2] in disagreement with the new party leader Matteo Renzi's political line.[3]

In May 2015, Fassina refused to support Renzi, who had become Prime Minister of Italy, and his proposal for a new Italian electoral law.[4] On 23 June 2015, he announced his decision to leave the Democratic Party,[5][6] saying Renzi was "taking the party too far to the right".[7] He joined the Mixed Group of the Chamber of Deputies. In 2015, he proposed a "controlled disintegration of the Eurozone".[8]

In September 2018, Fassina founded Fatherland and Constitution, a left-wing souverainist political association.[9]

Works

References

  1. ^ "Fassina minaccia le dimissioni 'Io all'oscuro su testo Stabilità'". L'Unità (in Italian). 4 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Le dimissioni di Fassina". Il Post (in Italian). 5 January 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Italian junior minister who demanded government reshuffle resigns". Reuters. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Italy's Renzi hit by new defection as party strife increases". Yahoo! News. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Scuola, Fassina in piazza contro la riforma Giannini: 'Lascio il Pd. Torno al mio lavoro'". Libero (in Italian). 10 May 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Pd, Fassina ora conferma: 'Lascio il partito e non da solo'". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  7. ^ Jones, Gavin; Heavens, Andrew (24 June 2015). "Italy's Renzi hit by new defection as party strife increases". Reuters. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  8. ^ "European 'alliance of national liberation fronts' emerges to avenge Greek defeat". The Telegraph. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Nasce 'Patria e Costituzione', il nuovo soggetto politico 'sovranista' e di sinistra di Stefano Fassina". HuffPost Italia (in Italian). 8 September 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

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