25 Facts About Dario Franceschini

Dario Franceschini served as Minister for Parliamentary Relations from 2013 to 2014.

Dario Franceschini, who is considered a centrist and a Christian leftist, is the leader of AreaDem, which is the majority faction in the PD.

Dario Franceschini's father Giorgio was a Catholic partisan and MP for the Christian Democrats in the Second Legislature, from 1953 to 1958.

Dario Franceschini graduated in law at the University of Ferrara.

Dario Franceschini is an honorary citizen of the City of Borgo Velino.

Dario Franceschini was then transferred to the hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia of Udine.

Dario Franceschini received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2016.

Dario Franceschini married Michela Di Biase in 2014 in Sutri.

Dario Franceschini founded the Cultural Cooperative Christmas Gorini, which is concerned with art cinema.

Dario Franceschini dedicated one of the most significant parts in the final speech of his campaign, delivered in Marzabotto 24 October 2009.

Dario Franceschini enrolled in the Christian Democrats after the election of Benigno Zaccagnini and was elected provincial youth delegate.

Dario Franceschini was appointed Undersecretary for Institutional Reforms in the D'Alema II Cabinet, and he maintained this position in the Amato II Cabinet.

Dario Franceschini was a member of the Executive of the European Democratic Party and member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Dario Franceschini is a founding member of the interparliamentary intercommission for fair and sustainable trade.

Dario Franceschini was Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers in the shadow government of the Democratic Party from 9 May 2008 to 21 February 2009.

Dario Franceschini was elected deputy again in the general election of 2008.

Dario Franceschini represented until July 2012, the Italian Parliament to the Council of Europe and Western European Union Assembly.

Dario Franceschini's first act after the election was to swear the oath on a copy of the Italian Constitution, in front of the castle of his native Ferrara, in the hands of his father Giorgio Franceschini, former partisan and former deputy.

Dario Franceschini received support from many representatives from the world of culture and entertainment including Lorenzo Jovanotti, Nanni Moretti and Andrea Camilleri.

Dario Franceschini presided over the Council of European Ministers of Culture and the European Forum of Ministers of Culture and Tourism in the second half of 2014.

On 12 December 2016, when Renzi resigned as Prime Minister after the constitutional referendum, Dario Franceschini was confirmed as Culture Minister by the new Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.

In October 2024, Dario Franceschini became indirectly involved in the "Golden Key" controversy, which centred around a valuable golden key gifted to his successor, former Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano.

Italian law mandates that public officials return gifts valued over 300 euros, but Dario Franceschini allegedly retained his golden key for three years, returning it only in the summer of 2024 after the scandal surfaced.

Dario Franceschini claimed he was unaware of the key's high value, assuming it was a symbolic ceremonial item.

Dario Franceschini is a member of the jury of Premio Strega.