2013 Five Star Movement presidential primary election

2013 Five Star Movement presidential primary election

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Candidate Milena Gabanelli (declined to run) Gino Strada (declined to run) Stefano Rodotà Party Independent Independent Independent Members' vote 5,796 4,938 4,667 Percentage 20.3% 17.3% 16.4%

The 2013 Five Star Movement presidential primary election was held online in April 2013 to choose the Five Star Movement candidate in the 2015 Italian presidential election.^[1][2][3]

After the two top-runners, journalist Milena Gabanelli and human rights activist Gino Strada, turned down the offer to run for president, former member of the Italian Parliament Stefano Rodotà, who had come in third, was chosen as the official candidate of the party.^[4]

Rodotà ended up losing the presidential election to Giorgio Napolitano, coming in second on the sixth ballot.

Portrait	Name		Offices held	Profession
		Milena Gabanelli (age 58)	N/A	Journalist
		Gino Strada (1948–2021)	N/A	Doctor of medicine
		Stefano Rodotà (1933–2017)	Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies (1992) Other positions Member of the Chamber of Deputies (1979–1994) President of the Democrats of the Left (1991–1992) President of the Italian Data Protection Authority (1997–2005)	Jurist
		Gustavo Zagrebelsky (born 1943)	President of the Constitutional Court (2004) Other positions Judge of the Constitutional Court (1995–2004)	Jurist
		Ferdinando Imposimato (1936–2018)	Member of the Senate (1987 – 1992; 1994 –1996) Other positions Member of the Chamber of Deputies (1992–1994)	Magistrate
		Emma Bonino (born 1948)	Ministers of Foreign Affairs (2013–2014) Other positions Member of the Senate (2008 – 2013; 2018 – 2022) Vice president of the Senate (2008–2013) Minister of International Trade and European Affairs (2006–2008) European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection (1995–1999) Member of the European Parliament (1976–1978) Member of the Chamber of Deputies (1976–1978)	Career politician
ù		Gian Carlo Caselli (born 1939)	N/A	Magistrate
		Dario Fo (1926–2016)	N/A	Movie director

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Notes
	Milena Gabanelli	Independent	5,796	20.32%	Declined to run
	Gino Strada	Independent	4,938	17.32%	Declined to run
	YStefano Rodotà	Independent	4,667	16.37%	N/A
	Gustavo Zagrebelsky	Independent	4,355	15.27%
	Ferdinando Imposimato	Independent	2,476	8.68%
	Emma Bonino	More Europe	2,200	7.71%
	Gian Carlo Caselli	Independent	1,761	6.18%
	Romano Prodi	Democratic Party	1,394	4.89%
	Dario Fo	Independent	941	3.30%
Total			28,518	100

Source

2015 Five Star Movement presidential primary election