Italo Bocchino

Italo Bocchino (born 6 July 1967) is an Italian politician and journalist.

Italo Bocchino
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 9 May 1996 – 14 March 2013
Personal details
Born	Italo Bocchino 6 July 1967 Naples, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	MSI (until 1995) AN (1995–2009) PdL (2009–2010) FLI (2010–2013)
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Spouse(s)	Gabriella Buontempo
Profession	Politician, journalist

Biography

Bocchino was born at Naples, and in his youth he was a member of the Italian Social Movement (a post-fascist formation) and worked as a spokesman for the member of parliament Giuseppe Tatarella, and subsequently as a journalist for Il Secolo d'Italia.

In 1996, 2001 and 2006 he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies for National Alliance, the party founded by Gianfranco Fini to replace MSI. In 2005 he was the centre-right candidate to the presidency of Campania region, but was defeated by Antonio Bassolino. In 2007 he founded Con, a conservative magazine.

Despite having been elected to the Italian Parliament into The People of Freedom lists in 2008, Bocchino in 2010 followed Gianfranco Fini to found Future and Freedom, a centre-right party which aims to counter Silvio Berlusconi's predominance in the Italian right area. Within the party, he is the founder of the Generation Italy movement.

Sources

• Bocchino, Italo; Orazio Abbamonte (2006). L'esperienza della politica. Un dialogo. ISBN 88-498-1344-9.