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Fernando Chiovitti

Rank	104th leader of the Pacitalian Social Coalition
Predecessor:	Aracio Partiva
Successor:	Incumbent
Birthdate	30th May 1949
Place of Birth:	Isola Lampedusa, Acqua Verdi, Pacitalia
Spouse	Albertina Chiovitti
Children	Massimo, 22
Profession	Politician, businessman
Political party	Pacitalian Social Coalition (PSC)
Languages spoken	Pacitalian, English
Degrees	Master of Business Administration (MBA, 1st class)

The Honourable Signore Fernando Bassoni Mario Felix Chiovitti, MPP, MBA, (born 30th May 1949 on Isola Lampedusa, Acqua Verdi, Pacitalia) is the current leader of the Pacitalian Social Coalition, leader of the opposition in Pacitalia and, otherwise, a prominent figure in Pacitalian politics. He is the 104th leader of the party, having succeeded the controversial Aracio Partiva in a leadership convention on 15 August, 2004.

Fernando Chiovitti is a socially leftist and politician with welfarist values despite his corporate connections. Economically, he believes in the principles of economic nationalism and mercantilism. This has led many of his fellow business partners to publicly label him a "traitor to the corporate world". However, Chiovitti's championing of welfare over social safety nets and his desire to lead Pacitalia under a mixed capitalist/socialist system (like the third way, for example) has earned him many more votes than a PSC under Aracio Partiva (much more leftist) would have. Under his leadership, the PSC completed, in September 2006, a long-awaited shift to the centre of the Pacitalian political spectrum, and combined with the troubles of the governing Federation of Progressive Democrats, is widely expected to be a central component of the next government (a component because the distribution of popular support in opinion polls has led political scientists to assert the next government will be a coalition, and not a majority).

Early life

Fernando Chiovitti was born on the 30th of May, 1949, in the village of Catassorna di Mare, on Isola Lampedusa, the westernmost island in the Serrigusa chain of Acqua Verdi, one of three Pacitalian provinces completely made up of island landmasses. From an early age, Chiovitti had his own politically-charged beliefs, witnessing with a heavy heart the poverty that some residents on the isolated landmass were subjected to, either willingly or unwillingly. Deeming it unfair, but moreso encouraged to work hard in order to end up successful, Chiovitti began his first enterprise, selling lemonade and iced coffee from a stand for 10 fouta a glass. Over that summer, in 1956, he earned nearly 150 doura (the equivalent of about 1,100 doura today) and gave him his first taste of business success. Buoyed by his fiduciary triumph, Chiovitti also earned his first glance at de facto corporate social responsibility by donating 100 doura to a local charity. He was awarded with the provincial government's Young Leader of the Year for 1956.

Neither impoverished nor a product of the nouveau-riche nobility emerging in Pacitalia during the 1950s, Chiovitti lived under a modest lower-middle class lifestyle. His father, Bassoni, was a relatively successful baker and pastatore (Pacitalian for "expert doughmaker"), supplying pizza dough and pasta noodles to local restaurants. Bassoni's products were renowned on the island for quality and taste. Meanwhile, his mother remained a stay-at-home mom for the first ten years of Chiovitti's life before reentering the workforce as a secretary for an Acqua Verdian coalmining concern. The average income of his parents led him into a public school where he excelled in mathematics and the study of technology (both present and upcoming). It was at that time he took an interest in the operation and services of the telecommunications industry and began forming ideas on how to improve the system and keep up with upcoming technologies.

Earning a scholarship out of public secondary school, Chiovitti headed to the University of Portshire (Hamptonshire) and graduated from the prestigious school's Master of Business Administration program in 1973, earning first-class honours and a imperatus specialitat in telecommunications. In previous sit-down interviews Chiovitti claims he tried to learn Søskendansk while attending post-secondary in the Grand Archduchy (1) but only learned snippets and still cannot really understand it today. In fact, he says he was never really good at languages and so remains simply a speaker of Pacitalian and English.

Telecommunications career and his rise to the corporate echelon

Chiovitti returned to Pacitalia immediately after completing his MBA in Hamptonshire, joining the PSC's youth wing in January 1974. Still, he remained relatively out of any political participation, instead focusing on his career, entering the telecom field as an optics engineer for Telecom Nazionale Pacitaliana (known later as tnpSonera, and EuroSonera as of 2006, due to tnpSonera's acquisition-merger of EuroTelecom). Chiovitti's immense knowledge of fibre optics and his knack for quickly learning new technology as it entered the marketplace cleared a path for his quick ascension to the echelon of TNP, and by 1985 he was enjoying promotion to the position of Senior Vice President of Telecom and Network Innovation. Chiovitti's work made TNP a leader in the field of optics communications and his efforts also laid the groundwork for the creation of the world wide web via the introduction of dialup modem hardware to Pacitalia in the spring of 1988.

Political career