The 1996 Italian general election was held on 21 April 1996 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. Romano Prodi, leader of the centre-left The Olive Tree, won the
Silvio Berlusconi 1996
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Lega Nord, whose complete name is Lega Nord per l'Indipendenza della Padania, is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up to the 2018 general electio
1996 Italian general election
…centre-left The Olive Tree, won the election, narrowly defeating Silvio Berlusconi, who led the centre-right Pole for Freedoms. For the election, the Northern League of Umberto Bossi ran alone after having left the Berlusconi I Cabinet in 1994, causing a crisis which drove President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to appoint…
Umberto Bossi at the first rally in Pontida, 1990
Umberto Bossi, 2001
Roberto Maroni, 2010
Roberto Maroni speaks at the federal congress in Milan, 1 July 2012.