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Mario Clemente Mastella (born 5 February 1947 in Ceppaloni , Benevento ) is an Italian politician. He is currently leader of Popular-UDEUR , a minor centrist Italian party, allied of the centre-left Union . A former long-time member of the Christian Democracy and Member of Parliament since 1976 , after the disappearance of his party in 1994 Mastella founded a new party, named ''Centro Cristiano Democratico'', together with Pierferdinando Casini . After the victory of Silvio Berlusconi in the 1994 election, he was successively appointed as Minister of Labour. In 1998 , after the fall of the government of Romano Prodi , Mastella decided to follow Francesco Cossiga , lifetime senator and former President of the Italian Republic, and left his party for founding the ''Cristiano Democratici per la Repubblica'', then ''Unione Democratici per la Repubblica''. The new political subject, which supported a new centre-left government, led by Massimo D'Alema , however lasted only one year; in fact, in 1999 , Mastella founded and took the leadership of UDEUR (then Popular-UDEUR). In 2005 , Mastella decided to participate to the Primary Election for the leadership of The Union. He obtained 4.6% of votes, however he blamed the organization for allegedly having thwarted him. Mastella's wife, Sandra Lonardo , is a UDEUR politician too, and she acts as president of the Regional Council of Campania. In addition to being MP and party leader, Mastella is also Mayor of his native town, Ceppaloni. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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