Ettore Rosato

Ettore Rosato
Ettore Rosato
	Friuli Venezia Giulia
	In office; 29 October 2003 – 27 April 2006
Constituency	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Personal details
Born	28 July 1968 (age 55); The Daisy (2002–2007); PD (2007–2019); Italia Viva (2019–2023); PER (2023–2024); Action (since 2024)

Ettore Rosato (born 28 July 1968) is an Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies, and formerly leader of the Democratic Party in the Chamber.^[1]

Political career

Rosato was born in Trieste in 1968. He started his interest in politics when he attended the liceo (high school).

In the late 1980s he became a member of the

The Daisy

(DL).

In 2003 he became a member of the

Italian Chamber of Deputies. Later in 2005 he ran for the office of Mayor of Trieste at the head of a centre-left coalition, to narrowly lose to the incumbent centre-right Mayor Roberto Dipiazza

.

In 2007 he was among the founders of the Democratic Party.

Rosato was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 2008 and 2013 general elections.

On 16 June 2015 he was elected Leader of the PD in the Chamber of Deputies with 239 votes out of 291, replacing Roberto Speranza.^[2]

Italian electoral law of 2017

In Autumn 2017, Rosato was the proposer of a new electoral law, which was named after him, Rosatellum bis.^[3]

The Rosatellum bis is a

first past the post electoral system and 64% using a proportional method, with one round of voting. The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies did not differ in the way they allocated the proportional seats, both using the D'Hondt method of allocating seats.^[4]^[5]

The new electoral law was supported by the

Democratic and Progressive Movement, the electoral law was approved on 12 October by the Chamber of Deputies with 375 votes in favor and 215 against,^[7] and on 26 October by the Senate with 214 votes against 61.^[8]

References

[1] Ettore Rosato – Camera dei Deputati

[2] Pd, Rosato nuovo capogruppo Camera. Renzi: "Legislatura arriverà a 2018"

[3] In cosa consists il Rosatellum

[4] Rosatellum, come funziona la legge elettorale e cosa prevede

[5] Rosatellum 2.0, tutti i rischi del nuovo Patto del Nazareno

[6] Il patto a quattro Pd-Ap-Lega-Fi regge. Primo ok al Rosatellum, ma da martedì in Aula entra nel mirino dei franchi tiratori

[7] Rosatellum approvato alla Camera. Evitata la trappola dello scrutinio segreto. Via libera al salva-Verdini

[8] Il Rosatellum bis è legge dello Stato: via libera definitivo al Senato con 214 sì

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