Luigi Zanda

Luigi Zanda is an Italian politician, member of the Senate of the Republic and leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate.

Political career

Zanda was born in Cagliari in 1942. After becoming a lawyer he started working for the Istituto per [la Ricostruzione Industriale|Institute for Industrial Reconstruction]. During 1970s Zanda joined the Christian [Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy] and cooperated with the Ministry of Public Administration. Then he became the spokesperson of the Christian democratic leader Francesco Cossiga.
In 2003 Zanda was elected at the Italian Senate for The Daisy, a centrist party, heir of the DC left-wing. In 2007 he was among the founding fathers of the centre-left Democratic Party. On 19 March 2013, after the 2013 [Italian general election|February's general election], he was elected by acclamation PD leader in the Senate.