Socialist Rebirth (Italian: Rinascita Socialista) was a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. The group was founded in 1993 from a split from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) led by Giorgio Benvenuto, who contested the continuing PSI led by Ottaviano Del Turco which had lost a lot of electors.[1] The RS and PSI were both members of the Alliance of Progressives coalition of centre-left parties formed to contest the 1994 general election.[2][3] In 1995, RS merged into the Labour Federation, which itself merged into Democrats of the Left in 1998.

Socialist Rebirth
Rinascita Socialista
LeaderGiorgio Benvenuto (1993)
Vincenzo Mattina (1993–95)
Founded1993
Dissolved1995
Split fromItalian Socialist Party
Merged intoLabour Federation
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationAlliance of Progressives

References

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  1. ^ James L. Newell; Martin J. Bull (1997). "Party Organisations and Alliances in the 1990s: A Revolution of Sorts". In Martin J. Bull; Martin Rhodes (eds.). Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics. Psychology Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-7146-4366-3.
  2. ^ Sona Nadenichek Golder (2006). The Logic of Pre-electoral Coalition Formation. Ohio State University Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-8142-1029-1. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  3. ^ Vittorio Bufacchi; Simon Burgess (1997). Italy since 1989: Events and Interpretations. Springer. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-230-59603-0.