Francesco Bosi, one of the founders of the UDC, twice deputy, twice senator and undersecretary of defense in the Berlusconi governments, died at the age of 76. The announcement was made by the UDC national secretary Lorenzo Cesa.
“Francesco Bosi, a great friend, a pillar of our family of Christian Democrats, one of the founders of the UDC, has passed away – wrote Cesa in a note – He leaves us a Catholic man who has always been involved in politics who knew how to translate democratic values Christians in concrete actions and always close and attentive to the needs of the people and of his beloved Tuscany. We will miss his extraordinary attachment to the principles of Christianity and faith. I express my deepest condolences, my personal and also in the name of the entire UDC , to the Christian Democratic family and friends of Tuscany “.
Born in Piacenza on 7 April 1945, Bosi embarked on a political career in the Christian Democrats, for which he was elected to the Regional Council of Tuscany in 1990. After the end of the DC he joined the Centro Cristiano Democratico, for which he was elected senator in 1996 and in 2001. He was Undersecretary of Defense in the Berlusconi II government, reconfirmed in the same post in the Berlusconi III government. In 2006 Bosi moved to the Chamber, being elected for the Union of Christian Democrats and Center; he retains the aforementioned office in 2008. From 2001 to 2011 he was mayor of Rio Marina, a municipality on the Island of Elba, in the province of Livorno. In 2010 he was a candidate in the 2010 regional elections in Tuscany for the UDC.
“The death of Francesco Bosi fills my heart with sadness and nostalgia, in the memory of one of the most consistent and loyal people I have met in my life. A young Forlanian, citizen secretary of the DD and before that he was councilor in Florence, Bosi is he was one of the founders of the CCD first and then of the UDC, for several parliamentary legislatures and for a long time undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense, to which he dedicated an intelligent and passionate commitment. recent years to the new political suggestions of our time, but he has always continued to be an acute and lively observer. He loved Florence, his city, and I believe that today everyone, friends and political opponents, can only bow to the memory of a man good and fair “. He says so in a note Pier Ferdinando Casini.
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