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Umberto Bossi, the League’s populist founder and a pivotal figure in Italian politics, dies aged 84
Umberto Bossi founded the Northern League in 1989, pushing for northern Italy's autonomy and national political influence despite legal troubles and health setbacks.
- Famous for his blunt language and political agility, Umberto Bossi founded the secessionist Northern League party in 1989, giving a voice to discontented taxpayers in the wealthy north.
- Bossi's career was undone by allegations that he and his family had misappropriated party funds, leading to his conviction for fraud in 2017, though the verdict was later annulled in 2019.
- While initially demanding independence for the wealthy regions around the Po River Valley, the Northern League later dropped its secessionist ambitions and evolved into a national force under Matteo Salvini's leadership, a move condemned by Bossi.
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Umberto Bossi, the League's populist founder and a pivotal figure in Italian politics, dies aged 84
Umberto Bossi, the firebrand founder of Italy’s populist Northern League and one of the most influential — and polarizing — figures of Italian politics, has died, his party said.
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His career was closely linked to the rise of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Far-right populist politician Umberto Bossi, one of the co-founders of the League's predecessor party, died in a hospital in Varese in northern Italy on Thursday, the party said, according to foreign news agencies. He was 84.
Bossi founded the Lega Nord in 1989 and became the face of the party, which opposed the power of the central government in Rome.
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