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The 2009 Democratic Party leadership election was held in July–November 2009 following the resignation of Walter Veltroni in February 2009 after 16 months as secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) a political party in Italy.Pier Luigi Bersani a former minister in several centre-left governments hailing from the Italian Communist Party (then Democratic Party of the Left and Democrats of the Left) was elected secretary in an open primary on 25 October.
