Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, a more centrist figure with heavy support from the Democratic Leadership Council, was nominated because he was seen as more "electable" than Dean.

He was also one of the major leaders of Civic Union, a bloc of centrist figures, which was founded in December 1992.

Several centrist political figures whose names also appeared in Il Giornale's lists took an even more blase view.

He was generally regarded as one of the more centrist figures in Harris's government, and supported Ernie Eves to replace Harris as Premier in 2002.

But members of Mr. Chernomyrdin's political party, Our Home is Russia, described him as a centrist figure who could unite Russia.

And he remains well positioned if Senator Dole's campaign eventually collapses, particularly if the party should turn to another centrist figure that the Mayor could openly support.

In addition, he is part of the Lebanon First bloc in the parliament, but not a member of any political party, making him a centrist figure.

Siegfried Brugger and Elmar Pichler Rolle, who led the party in recent years, are mostly centrist figures who work for preserving party unity.

The party was often led by centrist figures unaffiliated to any faction such as Aldo Moro, Mariano Rumor (both closer to the centre-left) and Giulio Andreotti (closer to the centre-right).

Following ARI's integration into the Civic Coalition in 2007, Bisutti and a number of her colleagues left the party in protest against ARI's courting of more centrist figures.