Chiti graduated in philosophy and has always studied the history of
catholicism. In 1970, Chiti joined the
Italian Communist Party and became a city councilor in
Pistoia, of which he has also been mayor from 1982 to 1985. From 1992 to 2000, Chiti has been
President of Tuscany, leading a
center-left junta. He is elected to the
Chamber of Deputies with the
Democrats of the Left in 2001 and in 2006, year in which Chiti has been appointed
Minister for Constitutional Reforms and Parliamentary Relations in the
Prodi II Cabinet. In 2008 and 2013, Chiti is elected to the
Senate with the
Democratic Party and has been Vice-president of the Senate from 2008 to 2013. A member of the left wing of the
PD, Chiti has been politically considered very close to
Giuseppe Civati and, along with few others, didn't vote the
Rosato electoral law. Chiti decided not to run for the
2018 general elections, ending after 17 years his experience in
Parliament. == References ==