{{short description|Italian politician and writer (born 1949)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Nando Dalla Chiesa | image = Nando_Dalla_Chiesa.jpg | order2 = Member of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]] | term_start2 = 9 May 1996 | term_end2 = 29 May 2001 | constituency2 = [[Paderno Dugnano]] | term_start3 = 23 April 1992 | term_end3 = 14 April 1994 | constituency3 = [[Milan]] | order = Member of the [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Senate of the Republic]] | term_start = 29 May 2001 | term_end = 27 April 2006 | constituency = [[Genoa]] | birth_name = Fernando Dalla Chiesa | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1949|11|3}} | birth_place = [[Florence]], Italy | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[The Network (political party)|LR]] (1992–1994)<br />[[Democratic Italy|ID]] (19942000)<br />[[The Democrats (Italy)|Dem]] (2000–2002)<br />[[Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy|DL]] (2002–2007)<br />[[Democratic Party (Italy)|PD]] (2007–2009) | alma_mater = [[Bocconi University]] | occupation = Academic, politician, writer | parents = [[Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa]]<br>[[Emanuela Setti Carraro]] (step-mother) | relatives = [[Rita Dalla Chiesa]] (sister) }} '''Fernando Dalla Chiesa''' (born 3 November 1949) is an Italian academic and politician, honorary president of ''[[Libera. Associazioni, nomi e numeri contro le mafie|Libera]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/blog/ndallachiesa/ |publisher=Nando Dalla Chiesa |title=Blog |website=[[Il Fatto Quotidiano]] |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=it}}</ref> former [[Italian Chamber of Deputies|deputy]] and [[Italian Senate|senator]].

== Biography == Dalla Chiesa is the son of General [[Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa]], notable for campaigning against [[terrorism]], and the brother of the TV presenter [[Rita Dalla Chiesa]] and the journalist and politician [[Simona Dalla Chiesa]]. His father was assassinated in 1982 together with his second wife, [[Emanuela Setti Carraro]].

Dalla Chiesa graduated in economics at the [[Bocconi University]] in [[Milan]] and became a [[university professor]]{{ambiguous|date=January 2024}} of sociology of organized crime, business management and communication and sociology of the organization at the [[University of Milan]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.corriere.it/cultura/18_marzo_05/libro-nando-dalla-chiesa-bompiani-sociologo-e69ea22c-2097-11e8-a659-e0c6f75db7be_preview.shtml?reason=unauthenticated&cat=1&cid=IOyk6Tw_&pids=FR&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corriere.it%2Fcultura%2F18_marzo_05%2Flibro-nando-dalla-chiesa-bompiani-sociologo-e69ea22c-2097-11e8-a659-e0c6f75db7be.shtml |title=Nando dalla Chiesa e la scuola: insegno come agisce la mafia |author=Corrado Stajano |work=[[Corriere della Sera]] |date=5 March 2018 |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=it |trans-title=Nando dalla Chiesa and the school: I teach how the mafia works}}</ref> He is also honorary president of [[Luigi Ciotti]]'s ''Libera'' association.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libera.it/schede-539-assemblea_nazionale_di_libera_le_nuove_nomine |title=Assemblea Nazionale di Libera: Don Luigi Ciotti confermato presidente nazionale |publisher=Libera |date=24 June 2018 |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=it |trans-title=National Assembly of Libera: Don Luigi Ciotti confirmed national president}}</ref>

=== Political career === In 1992, Dalla Chiesa joined [[Leoluca Orlando]]'s new-born [[left-wing]] party [[The Network (political party)|The Network]], for which he was elected to the [[Italian Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]] at the [[1992 Italian general election|1992 general election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1991/01/25/debutta-la-rete-di-orlando-primo-obiettivo.html |title=Debutta La Rete di Orlando 'Primo obiettivo la pace' |work=[[La Repubblica]] |date=25 January 1991 |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=it |trans-title=The Orlando Network debuts 'Peace's first objective}}</ref>

In the [[1993 Italian local elections|1993 local elections]], Dalla Chiesa ran for the office of [[mayor of Milan]], supported by his party, by the [[Democratic Party of the Left]], the [[Communist Refoundation Party]] and the [[Federation of the Greens]]. He reached the runoff, but was defeated by the [[Lega Nord|Northern League]] candidate, [[Marco Formentini (politician)|Marco Formentini]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1993/05/05/formentini-dalla-chiesa-sara-il-duello.html |title=Formentini - Dalla Chiesa sarà il duello di Milano |work=[[La Repubblica]] |date=5 May 1993 |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=it |trans-title=Formentini - Dalla Chiesa will be the duel in Milan}}</ref>

Dalla Chiesa was not re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the [[1994 Italian general election|1994 general election]] and decided to leave The Network.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/04/15/questa-rete-perdente.html |title='Questa Rete è perdente...' |work=[[La Repubblica]] |date=15 April 1994 |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=it |trans-title='This network is a loser...'}}</ref> He returned to the Chamber of Deputies in the [[1996 Italian general election|1996 general election]], being elected as an independent in the [[Federation of the Greens]] with the support of [[The Olive Tree (Italy)|The Olive Tree]] coalition.

When in 1998 the [[First D'Alema government|first D'Alema cabinet]] was sworn in, Dalla Chiesa refrained from voting for trust because the government was also supported by [[Francesco Cossiga]] with whom dalla Chiesa had a bad relationship, since he accused the former [[president of Italy]] of raising many malevolences against his father when he was [[prefect]] in [[Palermo]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2012/01/13/cossiga-statista-eversivo-visto-da-nando-dalla.html |title=Cossiga statista 'eversivo' visto da Nando dalla Chiesa |work=[[La Repubblica]] |date=13 January 2012 |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=it |trans-title=Cossiga 'subversive' statesman seen by Nando dalla Chiesa}}<br>- {{cite web |url=https://www.nandodallachiesa.it/2010/08/18/non-mi-manchera-affatto/ |title=Non mi mancherà affatto |author=Nando dalla Chiesa |date=18 August 2010 |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=it |trans-title=I won't miss it at all}}</ref>

In 2000, he became the coordinator in [[Lombardy]] of [[Arturo Parisi]]'s [[The Democrats (Italy)|The Democrats]] and, in the [[2001 Italian general election|2001 general election]], he was elected to the Senate.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2001/06/05/nando-dalla-chiesa-sociologo-gia-da-un.html?ref=search |title=Nando dalla Chiesa, sociologo: Già da un anno era in atto il salto sul carro del vincitore |work=[[La Repubblica]] |date=5 June 2001 |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=it |trans-title=Nando dalla Chiesa, sociologist: The leap onto the winner's bandwagon had already been underway for a year}}</ref> In 2002, The Democrats and the [[Italian People's Party (1994)|Italian People's Party]] merged into [[The Daisy]].

Dalla Chiesa did not run for a parliamentary seat again in the [[2006 Italian general election|2006 general election]], but after the win of [[The Union (Italy)|The Union]] he was appointed undersecretary for universities and scientific research in the [[Second Prodi government|second Prodi Cabinet]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2006/05/dirette/sezioni/politica/nuovogoverno/listaministri/index.html |title=Il governo Prodi ha giurato. Nominati i sottosegretari |work=[[La Repubblica]] |date=18 May 2006 |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=it |trans-title=The Prodi government sworn in. Undersecretaries appointed}}</ref> In 2007, Dalla Chiesa was a member of the national directorate of the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nandodallachiesa.it/2007/04/02/un-partito-democratico-o-un-museo/ |title=Un partito democratico o un museo? |publisher=Nando dalla Chiesa |date=2 April 2007 |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=it |trans-title=A democratic party or a museum?}}</ref>

=== Writing career === Dalla Chiesa has written several books and essays about politics and the fight against [[organized crime in Italy]]. Among his most known works is the 1992 book ''Il giudice ragazzino'' (''The Boy Judge''), a tribute essay dedicated to [[Rosario Livatino]], a young [[Sicily|Sicilian]] judge who had been murdered by [[Sicilian Mafia|the Mafia]] in 1990. In telling the experience and the tragic end of Livatino, dalla Chiesa reconstructs his vision of the connection between the Mafia, politics and institutions in [[Sicily]] and [[Italy]] in the late 1980s, indicating the murder of the judge as one of the highest triumphs of criminal powers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linkiesta.it/it/article/2013/09/21/cosa-insegna-oggi-il-giudice-ragazzino/16503/ |title=Cosa insegna oggi il "giudice ragazzino" |work=Linkiesta |date=21 September 2013 |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=it |trans-title=What the "boy judge" teaches today}}</ref>

The 1994 film ''[[Law of Courage]]'' is based on Dalla Chiesa's book.

==Electoral history== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=January 2024}} {|class=wikitable style="width:56%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid" |- ! width=7%|Election ! width=14%|House ! width=12%|Constituency ! width=5% colspan="2"|Party ! width=6%|Votes ! width=12%|Result |- ! [[1992 Italian general election|1992]] | [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]] | [[List of Italian constituencies (1946–1994)#Milan–Pavia|Milan–Pavia]] | bgcolor="{{party color|The Network (political party)}}" | | [[The Network (political party)|LR]] | 36,260 | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |- ! [[1994 Italian general election|1994]] | [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]] | [[Milan|Milan 9]] | bgcolor="{{party color|The Network (political party)}}" | | [[The Network (political party)|LR]] | 33,844 | {{cross|15}} '''Not elected''' |- ! [[1996 Italian general election|1996]] | [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]] | [[Paderno Dugnano]] | bgcolor="{{party color|Federation of the Greens}}" | | [[Federation of the Greens|FdV]] | 34,717 | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |- ! [[2001 Italian general election|2001]] | [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Senate of the Republic]] | [[Genoa|Genoa–Bargagli]] | bgcolor="{{party color|The Democrats (Italy)}}" | | [[The Democrats (Italy)|Dem]] | 85,135 | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |}

===First-past-the-post elections=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:right |- !colspan=5|[[1994 Italian general election|1994 general election]] ([[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|C]]): [[Milan|Milan 9]] |- !colspan=2|Candidate !Coalition or Party !Votes !% |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Pole of Freedoms}}"| |align=left|Roberto Ronchi |align=left|[[Pole of Freedoms]] |43,195 |47.7 |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Alliance of Progressives}}"| |align=left|'''Nando Dalla Chiesa''' |align=left|[[Alliance of Progressives]] |33,844 |37.4 |- |bgcolor="{{party color|National Alliance (Italy)}}"| |align=left|Fabio Carlo Alexis De Fina |align=left|[[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance]] |7,042 |7.9 |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Segni Pact}}"| |align=left|Enzo Adriano Gobbi |align=left|[[Pact for Italy]] |6,421 |7.1 |- |align=left colspan=3|'''Total''' |'''90,502''' |'''100.0''' |}

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right |- !colspan=5|[[1996 Italian general election|1996 general election]] ([[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|C]]): [[Paderno Dugnano]] |- !colspan=2|Candidate !Coalition or Party !Votes !% |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}"| |align=left|'''Nando Dalla Chiesa''' |align=left|[[The Olive Tree (Italy)|The Olive Tree]] |34,717 |42.3 |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}"| |align=left|Carlo Usiglio |align=left|[[Pole of Freedoms]] |31,831 |38.8 |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Lega Nord}}"| |align=left|Margherita Muzzioli |align=left|[[Lega Nord]] |15,488 |18.9 |- |align=left colspan=3|'''Total''' |'''82,036''' |'''100.0''' |}

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right |- !colspan=5|[[2001 Italian general election|2001 general election]] ([[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|S]]): [[Liguria]] — [[Genoa|Genoa–Bargagli]] |- !colspan=2|Candidate !Coalition or Party !Votes !% |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}"| |align=left|'''Nando Dalla Chiesa''' |align=left|[[The Olive Tree (Italy)|The Olive Tree]] |85,135 |49.5 |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}"| |align=left|Gian Nicola Amoretti |align=left|[[House of Freedoms]] |62,871 |36.5 |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Refoundation Party}}"| |align=left|Franco Zunino |align=left|[[Communist Refoundation Party]] |11,136 |6.5 |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Italy of Values}}"| |align=left|Giovanna Molisso |align=left|[[Italy of Values]] |5,689 |3.3 |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Radicals}}"| |align=left|Bruno Fedi |align=left|[[Bonino List]]–[[Pannella List]] |4,243 |2.5 |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Other}}"| |align=left colspan=2|Others |2,962 |1.7 |- |align=left colspan=3|'''Total''' |'''172,036''' |'''100.0''' |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Wikiquote}} *[https://www.nandodallachiesa.it/ Official website] *Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=XI%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg11/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d32860 XI], [http://www.senato.it/leg/14/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00000768.htm XIII], [http://www.senato.it/leg/14/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00000768.htm XIV] legislature.

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