Enrico Boselli

Enrico Boselli
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 15 April 1994 – 28 April 2008
Member of the European Parliament
In office 13 June 1999 – 13 June 2004
President of Emilia-Romagna
In office 6 May 1990 – 5 July 1993
Preceded by	Luciano Guerzoni
Succeeded by	Pier Luigi Bersani
Personal details
Born	(1957-01-07) 7 January 1957 (age 68) Bologna, Italy
Political party	PSI (till 1994) SI (1994–1998) SDI (1998–2007) PSI (2007–2010) ApI (2010–2016)
Occupation	Company manager, politician

Enrico Boselli (born 7 January 1957) is an Italian politician. He has been Vice President of Alliance for Italy, and is the former leader of the Italian Democratic Socialists and the modern-day Socialist Party, and former president of Emilia-Romagna.

Biography

A former member of the historical Italian Socialist Party (PSI), Boselli was first elected as MP in 1994. After the dissolution of the PSI in 1994, he has been leader of the Italian Socialists and the Italian Democratic Socialists. He also served as member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004 as member of the Group of the Party of European Socialists.^[1] From September 1999 to 2001, Boselli served as rapporteur for the second reading of the InfoSoc directive, having been named by the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market.^[2]

Boselli was one of the main minds behind his party's decision to join forces with the Italian Radicals of Emma Bonino to found the Rose in the Fist, on the occasion of the 2006 Italian general election. In 2007, he founded the new Socialist Party, with whom he participated in the 2008 Italian general election but obtained only 0.9% of the vote. In December 2010, Boselli joined the centrist party Alliance for Italy, and became vice-president not long after.^[3]

References

1. "Your MEPs : Enrico BOSELLI". Europa. European Parliament. 7 January 1957. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
2. "SECOND READING FOR on the Council common position for adopting a European Parliament and Council directive on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the Information Society". At the sitting of 26 October 2000 the President of Parliament announced that the common position had been received and referred to the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (9512/1/2000 – C5-0520/2000). The committee had appointed Enrico Boselli rapporteur at its meeting of 23 September 1999. It considered the common position and the draft recommendation for second reading at its meetings of 8, 15, 24, 29, 30 and 5 February 2001.
3. "Boselli, dai socialisti ai rutelliani di Api: sarà vicepresidente". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 19 December 2010.