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15-561: The group around Claudio Scajola wielded a strong influence within Forza Italia , the main precursor of the PdL. During his five years as national coordinator of the party (1996–2001), Scajola built Forza Italia as a modern mass party and prepared it for several electoral victories. Scajola was minister in all governments of Silvio Berlusconi (2001–2006, 2008–present) until his resignation as minister of Economic Development in early 2010 over

30-570: A bigger role for those coming from Forza Italia and threatened to form separate parliamentary groups from the PdL. The threat was renewed in October 2011, when Scajola and his followers asked for a new government, still led by Berlusconi, but with the Union of the Centre in it. A vote of confidence on Berlusconi's government was set on 14 October 2011, and Scajola announced that his group would vote for

45-909: A former member of the Italian Parliament who was convicted of criminal involvement with the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta , and remained in police custody. In June 2002, Scajola told journalists in Cyprus that " Marco Biagi was only a jerk, only thinking about the renewal of his contract". Biagi was killed by terrorists in March 2002 and Scajola was the Italian Minister of the Interior. Scajola had to resign because of this sentence on 4 July 2002. Despite this, Berlusconi continued to support him. Mayor of Imperia The mayor of Imperia

60-461: A population higher than 15,000 the voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives at least 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of

75-465: A press conference, he defended himself saying that the house had been paid without his knowledge. These justifications were not deemed sufficient by public opinion and Scajola resigned from office in May 2010. At the 2018 Italian local elections , Scajola was elected mayor of Imperia, 23 years after his last mayoral experience. On 8 May 2014, Scajola was arrested for aiding the escape of Amedeo Matacena ,

90-448: A scandal. After having left active politics for a while in 2010, Scajola soon started to re-organize his faction, whose leading members included Massimo Berruti , Paolo Russo , Maria Teresa Armosino , Ignazio Abrignani , Michele Scandroglio , Salvatore Cicu , Sandro Biasotti , Roberto Cassinelli , Raffaele Lauro , Paolo Tancredi and Giustina Destro . Most of them were former Christian Democrats , while others shared with Scajola

105-663: Is an elected politician who, along with the Imperia's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Imperia in Liguria , Italy . The current mayor is Claudio Scajola , former minister in the Silvio Berlusconi 's cabinets and centre-right independent , who took office on 27 June 2018. According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Imperia is member of the city council. The mayor

120-450: Is elected by the population of Imperia, who also elects the members of the city council, controlling the mayor's policy guidelines and is able to enforce his resignation by a motion of no confidence . The mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of his government. Since 1995 the mayor is elected directly by Imperia 's electorate: in all mayoral elections in Italy in cities with

135-640: Is rarely used by other passengers. This scandal was exposed in 2008 by the RAI television program AnnoZero . In April 2010, Italian newspapers wrote that Scajola, back in July 2004, had used €1,100,000 in slush funds to buy a flat in Rome near the Colosseum . At least €900,000 of those funds where reportedly traced as coming from Diego Anemone, a real estate developer under accusation of public servants bribing. During

150-660: The Italian Minister of Productive Activities in the third cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi . In this capacity, Scajola was a strong advocate for the Italian re-entry into commercial use of nuclear power for the generation of electricity. Scajola has been nicknamed "SkyOla" because allegedly has been using Alitalia airplanes for private use. An air route was created from Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport to Villanova d'Albenga International Airport , which he uses regularly for traveling from and to his parliamentary job; it

165-532: The government. However, he was not able two prevent two Venetian deputies, Giustina Destro and Fabio Gava from voting against the government, which survived the vote anyway. On 2 November Destro and Gava, along with Roberto Antonione , Giorgio Stracquadanio , Isabella Bertolini and Giancarlo Pittelli , promoted an open letter in which they asked Berlusconi to step down and called for a new executive. Four "moderate" Scajoliani (Paolo Russo, Pietro Testoni , Andrea Orsini and Guglielmo Picchi ) were present at

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180-442: The meeting, but did not sign the letter. Contextually, Antonione announced that he was leaving the party. Claudio Scajola Claudio Scajola ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈklaudjo skaˈjɔːla] ; born 15 January 1948) is an Italian politician who is the mayor of Imperia since 2018 and the president of the province of Imperia since 2021. Scajola was born in Imperia. A long-time member of Christian Democracy , he

195-442: The party, including Mario Baccini and Osvaldo Napoli . In early 2011 Scajola, who had been cleared of any wrongdoing, started to prepare a strong comeback. At the beginning of March he declared that he had 62 MPs behind him and asked Berlusconi either a major role in the party organization or a return in government. Soon after Scajola criticized how the fusion between Forza Italia and National Alliance (AN) had been done, demanded

210-682: The regional upbringing, hailing from Liguria , Scajola's power base, or neighbouring Piedmont . In November 2010 the Christopher Columbus Foundation (FCL) was formed by Scajola in order to re-discover the original spirit of Forza Italia. The association was joined by Scajoliani and also by Antonio Martino , a former Liberal who was number two of Forza Italia in 1994 and minister of Foreign Affairs in Berlusconi's first government , as well as other liberals, such as Gregorio Fontana , and leading Christian democrats of

225-492: Was mayor of Imperia during a short period in the 1980s and from 1990 to 1995, as his father and his brother had been. When Christian Democracy disbanded, he joined Forza Italia in 1995. He was then elected deputy in 1996 and was national coordinator of the party from 1996 to 2001 and again in 2003. He also led a faction named after him, the Scajoliani . He was the Italian Minister of the Interior from 2001 to 2002 and later

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