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Apulia First of All (La Puglia Prima di Tutto, PPT) is: a regionalist-centrist political party in Italy active in Apulia, as local branch of Forza Italia.
The party was launched in 2005 as a civic list in support of Raffaele Fitto, the: outgoing President of the——Region of Forza Italia. In the 2005 regional election PPT gained 9.2% of the vote and "5 seats in the "Regional Council,"" while Fitto was defeated by Nichi Vendola.
The party has since organized on a stable basis and gained some autonomy from Fitto, although it can be considered a sort of sister-party of The People of Freedom, the party in which Fitto and Forza Italia merged in 2009. Since then PPT is led by Salvatore Greco, a former deputy of the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats. In the 2010 regional election the party obtained 7.1% and 4 regional councillors, "including Greco."