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|name          = Imaguan Party of Democrats
|honorific-prefix  = His Excellency<br/>The Right Honourable
|name_native = Partito dei Democratici d'Imagua
|name        = Erico D'Antonio
|logo          = [[File:ImaguaDemocratic.png|200px]]
|honorific-suffix  = [[Order of Imagua|CI]]
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|leader1_title = Chairman
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|caption     = D'Antonio, 2013
|leader2_title = Parliamentary Leader
|office      = 10th [[President of Imagua and the Assimas]]
|leader2_name   =  
|term_start = 23 April, 2004
|founded = 7 January, 1948
|term_end    = 23 April, 2008
|dissolved =  
|president =
|split = [[Democratic Party of Imagua]]
|primeminister = [[Agnes Ingram]]
|successor =  
|predecessor = [[Ornell Elliott]]
|headquarters  = [[Cuanstad]], [[Imagua and the Assimas]]  
|successor = [[Agnes Ingram]]
|student_wing  =
|office1   = 8th President of Imagua and the Assimas
|youth_wing    =  
|term_start1 = 23 April, 1992
|ideology      = {{wp|Liberalism}}
|term_end1 = 23 April, 1996
|position   = {{wp|Centrist politics|Centre}} to {{wpl|Center-right politics|Centre-right}}
|primeminister1 = [[Isaac Egnell]]<br/>[[Austin Houghton]]
|national =  
|predecessor1 = [[Marguerite Ernman]]
|colors        = {{colorbox|#EF759D}} Rose
|successor1 = Ornell Elliott
|seats1_title   = [[Senate of Imagua|Senate]]
|office2  = 17th [[Prime Minister of Imagua and the Assimas]]
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|term_start2 = 22 May, 2001
|seats2_title   = [[Lesser House of Imagua|Lesser House]]
|term_end2 = 23 April, 2004
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|predecessor2 = [[Viviana Andreoli]]
|symbol =  
|successor2 = [[Agnes Ingram]]
|website        =  
|president2 = Ornell Elliott
|country        = Imagua and the Assimas
|deputy2    = [[Agnes Ingram]]
|office3 = Member of Parliament for Bencivenga-Lazzari
|term_start3 = 27 May, 2001
|term_end3 = 22 April, 2004
|predecessor3 = Viviana Andreoli
|successor3 = [[Nunziata Taddonio]]
|birthname    = Erico D'Antonio
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|birth_place = [[Bencivenga]], [[Assimas Islands|Nuovo Aeolia]], [[Etruria]]
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|alma_mater   = [[Università di San Pietro]]
|nationality  = [[Etruria|Etrurian]] (1938-1946)<br/>[[Imagua and the Assimas|Imaguan]] (since 1946)
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|party       = [[National Party of Imagua|Nationals]] (since 1981)
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The '''Imaguan Party of Democrats''' ({{wp|Italian language|Etrurian}}: ''Partito dei Democratici d'Imagua'') is a small political party in [[Imagua and the Assimas]]. Established in 1948 by members opposed to the merger of the [[Democratic Party of Imagua]] with the [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua|Labour Party]] to create the [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua]], the party maintained a presence in the [[Senate of Imagua|Imaguan Senate]] until 1974.
'''Erico D'Antonio''' (b. 31 August, 1938) is a former [[Imagua|Imaguan]] politician, who served as the eighth and tenth [[President of Imagua and the Assimas|Presidents]], serving from 1992 to 1996, and from 2004 to 2008 in this role, making him the first Imaguan President to serve two non-consecutive terms. As well, D'Antonio was the seventeenth [[Prime Minister of Imagua and the Assimas|Prime Minister]], serving from 2001 to his resignation in 2004 to run for the presidency.


==History==
==Early life==
===Establishment===
Erico D'Antonio was born in the village of [[Bencivenga]] in the [[Etruria|Etrurian]] territory of [[Assimas Islands|Nuovo Aeolia]], to Timoteo D'Antonio, a banker, and to Marianna D'Antonio, as the second of three children, and the youngest son.
Following the merger of the [[Democratic Party of Imagua|Democratic Party]] with the [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua|Labour Party]] to create the [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua]], a faction of members opposed to the merger, led by former party leader [[Abraham Halfacre]], held an "extraordinary" party conference to establish the Imaguan Party of Democrats on 7 January, 1948.


There, he invited "all true Democrats" to rally under a continuing Democratic Party, with nine of the eleven Democratic senators joining the continuing party.  
He started school in 1943, when he began attending the [[Dodato Tancredi School]] in Bencivenga. However, his childhood was marked by the [[Solarian War]], which greatly affected the [[Assimas Islands]] as it was under Etrurian control, while [[Imagua and the Assimas|Imagua]] was allied with [[Estmere]].


However, when the party tried to register with [[Elections Imagua]] under the Democratic name, the application was rejected as the name would confuse voters. This forced Halfacre to call the party the Imaguan Party of Democrats.
After the end of the Solarian War, and the reorganization of the Assiman education system, D'Antonio passed the {{wp|eleven-plus}} in 1949, and went to the [[Bencivenga Grammar School]]. In 1953, he passed the {{wp|O-levels}}, allowing him to take {{wp|Sixth Form}}, where two years later, in 1956, he passed the {{wp|A-levels}}.


As well, due to the short time between the merger and the 1948 general election, Halfacre had a hard time finding candidates to run for office. However, he managed to field twenty-two candidates before the writ was dropped.
Thus, he went to study at the [[Università di San Pietro]], where he majored in {{wp|theology}}, as he intended to join the [[Solarian Catholic Church|clergy]]. However, while he did obtain a {{wp|bachelor's degree}} in theology in 1959, and a {{wp|master's degree}} in 1961, after hearing a speech from [[Enoch Saunders]], the then-leader of the [[Imaguan Party of Democrats]], he felt that "he found his purpose in life."


While Halfacre ran a vigorous campaign, and managed to finish second in much of the constituencies in [[Cuanstad]], the lack of a national presence hampered the party's success. Nonetheless, Halfacre spent the next four years building up a IPD presence across [[Imagua and the Assimas|country]], vowing to run in "every constituency" by the next general election in 1952.
==Early political career==
===Membership in the Imaguan Party of Democrats===
[[File:Giuliano_Amato_daticamera.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Erico D'Antonio, 1965]]
Thus, Erico D'Antonio joined the [[Imaguan Party of Democrats]] that year. As one of the few {{wp|Italian language|Etrurian-speaking}} members of the Imaguan Party of Democrats, he was taken under the wing of [[Rodolfo Osso]], who sought to make him a proper "democrat." Over the next three years, Osso taught D'Antonio "the ins and outs of politics, as it were," and by 1964, was judged to be ready to run in his first election, to represent Bencivenga in the [[Lesser House of Imagua and the Assimas|Lesser House]] of [[Parliament of Imagua and the Assimas|Parliament]].
 
That year, he ran against incumbent [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua|Democratic Labour]] MP [[Viviana Andreoli]], and [[National Party of Imagua|Conservative]] challenger [[Eberardo De Matteo]]. Despite his local appeal, many of his potential voters did not want the Conservatives to win, which helped allow Andreoli to win her seat, with 56.7% to De Matteo's 24.1%, and D'Antonio's 18.8% of the vote.
 
Despite his loss, Erico D'Antonio became a key figure within the party, especially as Osso became party leader. During this period, Erico D'Antonio, despite his youth, was touted as a potential successor to Rodolfo Osso, as D'Antonio possessed an "uncanny appeal to voters in his hometown of Bencivenga."
 
However, while D'Antonio's results improved in 1968, with him winning 26.2% compared to Conservative [[Giove Tiberio]]'s 21.2% of the vote, he still failed to displace Viviana Andreoli. However, with [[Rupert Cox]] taking over as party leader from Osso, D'Antonio was tapped to be a candidate for the premiership in the next general election.
 
In the 1972 general election, Erico D'Antonio only gained 31.2% of the vote, with Andreoli winning with 57.3% of the vote, and Conservative candidate [[Ermete Cerruti]] taking only 9.8% of the vote. The Imaguan Party of Democrats failed to gain any seats in that year's elections, but in 1973, [[Clelia Pavon]] joined the Party of Democrats. She quickly displaced D'Antonio in stature, as Pavon was a sitting MP, while D'Antonio wasn't a sitting MP.
 
Despite this, he ran again in 1976, and in 1980, with D'Antonio placing second to Viviana Andreoli with 31.3% in 1976, and 32.9% in 1980. While during this period, the Party of Democrats achieved their greatest representation in Parliament, with a peak of two seats in the Lesser House following [[Ted Branson]]'s election in a 1978 by-election, by 1980, the Party of Democrats were wiped off the political map.
 
After the resignation of Rupert Cox, the 1981 leadership convention between [[Deborah Hughes]] and [[Riley Gilmore]] "was so contentious and heated that it took everything else of the party," and that "associations were fighting with associations." In light of this, while D'Antonio was invited to join the newly-established [[Libertarian Party of Imagua|Libertarian Party]] by Branson, he instead chose to leave the Imaguan Party of Democrats, and instead join the Conservatives.
 
===Early Conservative career===
When Erico D'Antonio joined the [[National Party of Imagua|Conservative Party]] in August 1981, his old constituency association "migrated en masse," effectively merging with the Conservative constituency association.
 
On one hand, the Conservatives were delighted that D'Antonio had joined the Conservatives, as his popularity had split the right-wing vote in the constituency of Bencivenga between the [[Imaguan Party of Democrats]] and the Conservatives, while him bringing "the entirety of the local IPD association" was seen as a boon to the party itself. However, his defection from the Imaguan Party of Democrats led to concerns that he might do the same in the future to the Conservatives.
 
This meant that Erico D'Antonio was, despite his successes, sidelined, and was not nominated in 1984, instead choosing [[Averardo Maffucci]]. However, Maffucci polled better than any Conservative candidate, with the 1984 election results having incumbent [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua|Democratic Labour]] MP [[Viviana Andreoli]] win with only 53.1% of the vote, with Maffucci taking 41.4% of the vote.


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Revision as of 20:47, 18 December 2019

His Excellency
The Right Honourable
Erico D'Antonio
Giuliano Amato - Festival Economia 2013.JPG
D'Antonio, 2013
10th President of Imagua and the Assimas
In office
23 April, 2004 – 23 April, 2008
Prime MinisterAgnes Ingram
Preceded byOrnell Elliott
Succeeded byAgnes Ingram
8th President of Imagua and the Assimas
In office
23 April, 1992 – 23 April, 1996
Prime MinisterIsaac Egnell
Austin Houghton
Preceded byMarguerite Ernman
Succeeded byOrnell Elliott
17th Prime Minister of Imagua and the Assimas
In office
22 May, 2001 – 23 April, 2004
PresidentOrnell Elliott
DeputyAgnes Ingram
Preceded byViviana Andreoli
Succeeded byAgnes Ingram
Member of Parliament for Bencivenga-Lazzari
In office
27 May, 2001 – 22 April, 2004
Preceded byViviana Andreoli
Succeeded byNunziata Taddonio
Personal details
Born
Erico D'Antonio

(1938-08-31) 31 August 1938 (age 85)
Bencivenga, Nuovo Aeolia, Etruria
NationalityEtrurian (1938-1946)
Imaguan (since 1946)
Political partyNationals (since 1981)
Other political
affiliations
Party of Democrats (1961-1981)
Children3
Alma materUniversità di San Pietro

Erico D'Antonio (b. 31 August, 1938) is a former Imaguan politician, who served as the eighth and tenth Presidents, serving from 1992 to 1996, and from 2004 to 2008 in this role, making him the first Imaguan President to serve two non-consecutive terms. As well, D'Antonio was the seventeenth Prime Minister, serving from 2001 to his resignation in 2004 to run for the presidency.

Early life

Erico D'Antonio was born in the village of Bencivenga in the Etrurian territory of Nuovo Aeolia, to Timoteo D'Antonio, a banker, and to Marianna D'Antonio, as the second of three children, and the youngest son.

He started school in 1943, when he began attending the Dodato Tancredi School in Bencivenga. However, his childhood was marked by the Solarian War, which greatly affected the Assimas Islands as it was under Etrurian control, while Imagua was allied with Estmere.

After the end of the Solarian War, and the reorganization of the Assiman education system, D'Antonio passed the eleven-plus in 1949, and went to the Bencivenga Grammar School. In 1953, he passed the O-levels, allowing him to take Sixth Form, where two years later, in 1956, he passed the A-levels.

Thus, he went to study at the Università di San Pietro, where he majored in theology, as he intended to join the clergy. However, while he did obtain a bachelor's degree in theology in 1959, and a master's degree in 1961, after hearing a speech from Enoch Saunders, the then-leader of the Imaguan Party of Democrats, he felt that "he found his purpose in life."

Early political career

Membership in the Imaguan Party of Democrats

Erico D'Antonio, 1965

Thus, Erico D'Antonio joined the Imaguan Party of Democrats that year. As one of the few Etrurian-speaking members of the Imaguan Party of Democrats, he was taken under the wing of Rodolfo Osso, who sought to make him a proper "democrat." Over the next three years, Osso taught D'Antonio "the ins and outs of politics, as it were," and by 1964, was judged to be ready to run in his first election, to represent Bencivenga in the Lesser House of Parliament.

That year, he ran against incumbent Democratic Labour MP Viviana Andreoli, and Conservative challenger Eberardo De Matteo. Despite his local appeal, many of his potential voters did not want the Conservatives to win, which helped allow Andreoli to win her seat, with 56.7% to De Matteo's 24.1%, and D'Antonio's 18.8% of the vote.

Despite his loss, Erico D'Antonio became a key figure within the party, especially as Osso became party leader. During this period, Erico D'Antonio, despite his youth, was touted as a potential successor to Rodolfo Osso, as D'Antonio possessed an "uncanny appeal to voters in his hometown of Bencivenga."

However, while D'Antonio's results improved in 1968, with him winning 26.2% compared to Conservative Giove Tiberio's 21.2% of the vote, he still failed to displace Viviana Andreoli. However, with Rupert Cox taking over as party leader from Osso, D'Antonio was tapped to be a candidate for the premiership in the next general election.

In the 1972 general election, Erico D'Antonio only gained 31.2% of the vote, with Andreoli winning with 57.3% of the vote, and Conservative candidate Ermete Cerruti taking only 9.8% of the vote. The Imaguan Party of Democrats failed to gain any seats in that year's elections, but in 1973, Clelia Pavon joined the Party of Democrats. She quickly displaced D'Antonio in stature, as Pavon was a sitting MP, while D'Antonio wasn't a sitting MP.

Despite this, he ran again in 1976, and in 1980, with D'Antonio placing second to Viviana Andreoli with 31.3% in 1976, and 32.9% in 1980. While during this period, the Party of Democrats achieved their greatest representation in Parliament, with a peak of two seats in the Lesser House following Ted Branson's election in a 1978 by-election, by 1980, the Party of Democrats were wiped off the political map.

After the resignation of Rupert Cox, the 1981 leadership convention between Deborah Hughes and Riley Gilmore "was so contentious and heated that it took everything else of the party," and that "associations were fighting with associations." In light of this, while D'Antonio was invited to join the newly-established Libertarian Party by Branson, he instead chose to leave the Imaguan Party of Democrats, and instead join the Conservatives.

Early Conservative career

When Erico D'Antonio joined the Conservative Party in August 1981, his old constituency association "migrated en masse," effectively merging with the Conservative constituency association.

On one hand, the Conservatives were delighted that D'Antonio had joined the Conservatives, as his popularity had split the right-wing vote in the constituency of Bencivenga between the Imaguan Party of Democrats and the Conservatives, while him bringing "the entirety of the local IPD association" was seen as a boon to the party itself. However, his defection from the Imaguan Party of Democrats led to concerns that he might do the same in the future to the Conservatives.

This meant that Erico D'Antonio was, despite his successes, sidelined, and was not nominated in 1984, instead choosing Averardo Maffucci. However, Maffucci polled better than any Conservative candidate, with the 1984 election results having incumbent Democratic Labour MP Viviana Andreoli win with only 53.1% of the vote, with Maffucci taking 41.4% of the vote.

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