Oscar Giannino

Oscar Giannino
President of Stop the Decline
In office 28 July 2012 – 20 February 2013
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Silvia Enrico
Personal details
Born	Oscar Fulvio Giannino (1961-09-01) 1 September 1961 (age 63) Turin, Italy
Political party	ALI (since 2013)
Other political affiliations	PRI (1987–1994) RL (2005–2009) FiD (2012–2013)
Profession	Journalist, politician

Oscar Fulvio Giannino (born 1 September 1961) is an Italian journalist and politician. A member of the Liberal Democratic Alliance for Italy (Italian: Alleanza Liberaldemocratica per l'Italia, ALI) since 2013, he is the former president of the free-market-oriented Stop the Decline (Italian: Fermare il Declino, FiD) party.

Biography

Giannino was born in Turin, the capital city of the Italian region of Piedmont. He soon started his career as journalist. In 1984, he became a member of the national leadership of the Italian Republican Party (Italian: Partito Repubblicano Italiano, PRI). He was the national secretary (Italian: segretario nazionale) of the party's youth wing from 1984 to 1987, and was the party's spokesperson (Italian: portavoce) from 1987 to 1994. From 2005 to 2009, he was a member of the Liberal Reformers (Italian: Riformatori Liberali, RL). In March 2012, he was a speaker at the national congress of the Grand Orient of Italy in Rimini.[1][2]

In August 2012, Giannino founded the Stop the Decline party, and in December he announced that he would run to become Prime Minister of Italy (Italian: presidente del Consiglio dei ministri) for the 2013 Italian general election. He stepped down from FiD's presidency (Italian: capo della forza politica) after it was discovered that he had fabricated his résumé by adding false academic claims, such as a law degree in Italy and a master's degree in corporate finance and public finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.[3] The deception was discovered by the party co-founder and Giannino's colleague, Luigi Zingales, who was professor at the Booth School of Business and left the political association.[4]

References

1. "Rimini 30 marzo 1 aprile 2012 – 'Oltre la crisi, la bussola dei valori per ritrovare l'Uomo' Gran Loggia Grande Oriente d'Italia" [Rimini 30 March 1 April 2012 – 'Beyond the crisis, the compass of values to rediscover Man' Grand Lodge of the Grand Orient of Italy] (in Italian). Grand Orient of Italy. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
2. "Rimini, 3 mila massoni divisi al congresso. Trasparenti a parole, ma liste blindate" [Rimini, 3,000 Freemasons divided at the congress. Transparent in words but closed lists]. Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
3. O'Leary, Naomi (20 February 2013). "Fake qualifications scandal torpedoes Berlusconi's rival". Reuters. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
4. Bacchi, Umberto (19 February 2013). "Italy: Anti-Corruption Politician Oscar Giannino Caught Fabricating CV". International Business Times. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

Party political offices
Preceded by new party	President of Stop the Decline 28 July 2012 – 20 February 2013	Succeeded by Silvia Enrico
Preceded by new party	Stop the Decline nominee (capo della forza politica) for the office of Prime Minister of Italy Italian general election, 24 and 25 February 2013	Most recent