Ignazio La Russa
 Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa (born in Paternò Catania Sicily 18 July 1947) is an Italian politician. He was Minister of Defence in the fourth cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi.On 11 May 2008 he became acting president of National Alliance (AN) which on 29 March 2009 merged into Berlusconi's party The People of Freedom (PdL).