Paolo Bonaiuti

Paolo Bonaiuti
Paolo Bonaiuti
	Bonaiuti in 2013
Member of the Senate
	In office; 15 March 2013 – 22 March 2018
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 9 May 1996 – 14 March 2013
Personal details
Born	7 July 1940; Florence, Italy
Died	16 October 2019 (aged 79); Rome
Political party	Forza Italia; (1996–2009); The People of Freedom; (2009–2013); Forza Italia; (2013–2014); New Centre-Right; (2014–2017); Popular Alternative; (2017–2019)
Profession	Politician, journalist

Paolo Bonaiuti (7 July 1940 – 16 October 2019) was an Italian politician and journalist.

Biography

Born in Florence, Bonaiuti graduated in law. He was English teacher and worked as a copywriter in the field of advertising. He was also head of the economic service of the newspaper Il Giorno and since 1975 he was a special correspondent, first for economics and finance, then for international political events. In 1984 he entered Il Messaggero as an envoy and as a columnist, following above all the G7 summits, the war events and investigations of the Europe's changes. In 1992 he became deputy director of the newspaper. He has also collaborated with the BBC, with the RSI and with other foreign media.

In 1996 Bonaiuti joined

third Berlusconi government

.

From 2008 to 2011 he served as spokesman of the

fourth Berlusconi government.^[1]

After four legislatures as Deputy, in 2013 Bonaiuti was elected Senator with The People of Freedom. In November 2013 he joined the reborn Forza Italia, but on 21 April 2014 he left it to join the New Centre-Right led by Angelino Alfano.^[2]^[3]

References

External links

senato.it

[1] Chi è Paolo Bonaiuti, l’esperto di comunicazione del governo Berlusconi

[2] Bonaiuti e l’addio al Cavaliere: 'Non sei venuto neanche in ospedale'

[3] Bonaiuti ufficializza l’addio a Berlusconi: “Lascio Forza Italia, resto nel centrodestra”

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Italy