Ignazio La Russa

Ignazio La Russa

Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa (born in Paternò, Catania, Sicily 18 July 1947) is an Italian politician. He was Minister of Defence in the fourth cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi.

On 11 May 2008, he became acting president of National Alliance (AN), which, on 29 March 2009, merged into Berlusconi's party The People of Freedom (PdL). He was one of the thre national coordinators of the PdL until 17 December 2012 when he launched his own National Centre-right (CN) party.

He is married and has three sons, Geronimo, Lorenzo and Leonardo.