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Gino Bucchino

Gino Bucchino (born 1948) is the overseas member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies for North America and Central America.

Bucchino is a doctor in Toronto, Ontario, and was elected as a member of L'Unione (led by Romano Prodi).

In 2011 he claimed that President Silvio Berlusconi has attempted to bribe him into switching his party allegiance.

Biography

In the 2006 general election, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the L'Unione ticket in the Overseas – North and Central America constituency and joined the Democratic Party (Italy) caucus.

Alle elezioni politiche del 2008 è stato rieletto alla Camera dei Deputati con il Democratic Party (Italy) nella circoscrizione Estero – Nord e Centro America.

In February 2011, he publicly denounced an alleged attempt at bribery, claiming that a young member of the Socialist Refoundation Party had promised him 150,000 euros and re-election—with Denis Verdini guarantee—if he joined the center-right parliamentary majority and supported Silvio Berlusconi.

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