set_leader_ITA = {

	if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 2 } }

		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { liberalism_leader = 0 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Valerio Zanone"
				picture = "valerio_zanone.dds"
				ideology = liberalism
				traits = {
					western_liberalism
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { liberalism_leader = 1 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Benedetto Della Vedova"
				picture = "benedetto_della_vedova.dds"
				ideology = liberalism
				traits = {
					western_liberalism
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { liberalism_leader = 2 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Matteo Renzi"
				picture = "Matteo_Renzi.dds"
				ideology = liberalism
				traits = {
					western_liberalism
					career_politician
					political_dancer
					pro_saudi
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { liberalism_leader = 3 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Carlo Calenda"
				picture = "Carlo_Calenda.dds"
				ideology = liberalism
				traits = {
					western_liberalism
					businessman
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 3 } }
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { socialism_leader = 0 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Massimo D'Alema"
				picture = "massimo_alema.dds"
				ideology = socialism
				traits = {
					western_socialism
					writer
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { socialism_leader = 1 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Giuliano Amato"
				picture = "Giuliano_Amato.dds"
				ideology = socialism
				traits = {
					western_socialism
					lawyer
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { socialism_leader = 2 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Romano Prodi"
				picture = "romano_prodi.dds"
				ideology = socialism
				traits = {
					western_socialism
					economist
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { socialism_leader = 3 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Enrico Letta"
				picture = "enrico_letta.dds"
				ideology = socialism
				traits = {
					western_socialism
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 4 } }
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Communist-State_leader = 0 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Armando Cossutta"
				picture = "armando_cossutta.dds"
				ideology = Communist-State
				traits = {
					emerging_Communist-State
					pro_russia
					guerrilla_leader
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Communist-State_leader = 1 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Mauro Alboresi"
				picture = "mauro_alboresi.dds"
				ideology = Communist-State
				traits = {
					emerging_Communist-State
					union_man
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Communist-State_leader = 2 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Manuela Palermi"
				picture = "manuela_palermi.dds"
				ideology = Communist-State
				traits = {
					emerging_Communist-State
					writer
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Communist-State_leader = 3 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Marco Ferrando"
				picture = "marco_ferrando.dds"
				ideology = Communist-State
				traits = {
					emerging_Communist-State
					writer
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 5 } }
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { anarchist_communism_leader = 0 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Beppe Grillo"
				picture = "beppe_grillo.dds"
				ideology = anarchist_communism
				traits = {
					emerging_anarchist_communism
					actor_politician
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { anarchist_communism_leader = 1 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Luigi di Maio"
				picture = "luigi_di_maio.dds"
				ideology = anarchist_communism
				traits = {
					emerging_anarchist_communism
					inexperienced
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { anarchist_communism_leader = 2 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Giuseppe Conte"
				picture = "giuseppe_conte.dds"
				ideology = anarchist_communism
				traits = {
					emerging_anarchist_communism
					lawyer
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { anarchist_communism_leader = 3 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Alessandro di Battista"
				picture = "Alessandro_Di_Battista.dds"
				ideology = anarchist_communism
				traits = {
					emerging_anarchist_communism
					writer
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 14 } }
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_conservatism_leader = 0 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Umberto Bossi"
				picture = "umberto_bossi.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_conservatism
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_conservatism
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_conservatism_leader = 1 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Roberto Calderoli"
				picture = "Roberto_Calderoli.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_conservatism
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_conservatism
					doctor
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_conservatism_leader = 2 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Roberto Maroni"
				picture = "Roberto_Maroni.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_conservatism
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_conservatism
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_conservatism_leader = 3 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Giancarlo Giorgetti"
				picture = "Giancarlo_Giorgetti.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_conservatism
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_conservatism
					businessman
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 16 } }
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_Libertarian_leader = 0 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Emma Bonino"
				picture = "emma_bonino.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_Libertarian
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_Libertarian
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_Libertarian_leader = 1 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Oscar Giannino"
				picture = "Oscar_Giannino.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_Libertarian
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_Libertarian
					writer
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_Libertarian_leader = 2 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Michele Boldrin"
				picture = "Michele_Boldrin.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_Libertarian
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_Libertarian
					economist
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_Libertarian_leader = 3 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Marco Cappato"
				picture = "Marco_Cappato.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_Libertarian
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_Libertarian
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 19 } }
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_Communism_leader = 0 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Fausto Bertinotti"
				picture = "fausto_bertinotti.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_Communism
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_Communism
					union_man
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_Communism_leader = 1 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Francesco Giordano"
				picture = "francesco_giordano.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_Communism
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_Communism
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_Communism_leader = 2 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Paolo Ferrero"
				picture = "Paolo_Ferrero.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_Communism
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_Communism
					cleric
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_Communism_leader = 3 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Maurizio Acerbo"
				picture = "maurizio_acerbo.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_Communism
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_Communism
					union_man
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 17 } }
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_green_leader = 0 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Reinhold Messner"
				picture = "reinhold_messner.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_green
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_green
					actor_politician
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_green_leader = 1 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio"
				picture = "Alfonso_Pecoraro_Scanio.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_green
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_green
					lawyer
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_green_leader = 2 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Grazia Francescato"
				picture = "Paola_Francescato.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_green
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_green
					writer
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Neutral_green_leader = 3 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Angelo Bonelli"
				picture = "angelo_bonelli.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_green
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_green
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 22 } }
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Nat_Autocracy_leader = 0 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Gen. Claudio Graziano"
				picture = "gen_claudio_graziano.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Autocracy
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Autocracy
					military_career
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 21 } }
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Nat_Fascism_leader = 0 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Roberto Felice Bigliardo"
				picture = "roberto_bigliardo.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Fascism
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Fascism
					inexperienced
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Nat_Fascism_leader = 1 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Attilio Carelli"
				picture = "attilio_carelli.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Fascism
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Fascism
					writer
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Nat_Fascism_leader = 2 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Roberto Fiore"
				picture = "Roberto_Fiore.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Fascism
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Fascism
					permanent_revolutionary
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Nat_Fascism_leader = 3 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Simone Di Stefano"
				picture = "simone_di_stefano.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Fascism
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Fascism
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 20 } }
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 0 }
			}
			add_to_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Gianfranco Fini"
				picture = "gianfranco_fini.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Populism
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Populism
					career_politician
				}
			}
			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 1 } NOT = { check_variable = { b = 1 } }
			}
			add_to_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Ignazio La Russa"
				picture = "Ignazio_La_Russa.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Populism
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Populism
					lawyer
				}
			}
			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 2 } NOT = { check_variable = { b = 1 } }
			}
			add_to_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Giorgia Meloni"
				picture = "giorgia_meloni.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Populism
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Populism
					career_politician
				}
			}
			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } 
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 3 }    
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Guido Crosetto"
				picture = "Guido_Crosetto.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Populism
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Populism
					businessman
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 23 } }
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Monarchist_leader = 0 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Vittorio Emanuele IV"
				picture = "vittorio_emanuele_iv.dds"
				ideology = Monarchist
				traits = {
					nationalist_Monarchist
					king
					businessman
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 1 } }
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { conservatism_leader = 0 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Silvio Berlusconi"
				picture = "silvio_berlusconi.dds"
				ideology = conservatism
				traits = {
					western_conservatism
					businessman
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { conservatism_leader = 1 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Stefano Parisi"
				picture = "stefano_parisi.dds"
				ideology = conservatism
				traits = {
					western_conservatism
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { conservatism_leader = 2 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Mara Carfagna"
				picture = "Mara_Carfagna.dds"
				ideology = conservatism
				traits = {
					western_conservatism
					actor_politician
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { conservatism_leader = 3 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Michela Vittoria Brambilla"
				picture = "Michela_Vittoria_Brambilla.dds"
				ideology = conservatism
				traits = {
					western_conservatism
					actor_politician
					writer
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 6 } }
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Conservative_leader = 0 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Matteo Salvini"
				picture = "matteo_salvini.dds"
				ideology = Conservative
				traits = {
					emerging_Conservative
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Conservative_leader = 1 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Lorenzo Fontana"
				picture = "Lorenzo_Fontana.dds"
				ideology = Conservative
				traits = {
					emerging_Conservative
					writer
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Conservative_leader = 2 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Andrea Crippa"
				picture = "Andrea_Crippa.dds"
				ideology = Conservative
				traits = {
					emerging_Conservative
					inexperienced
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { Conservative_leader = 3 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Riccardo Molinari"
				picture = "Riccardo_Molinari.dds"
				ideology = Conservative
				traits = {
					emerging_Conservative
					lawyer
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 18 } }
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { neutral_Social_leader = 0 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Pietro Grasso"
				picture = "pietro_grasso.dds"
				ideology = neutral_Social
				traits = {
					neutrality_neutral_Social
					lawyer
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { neutral_Social_leader = 1 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Giuseppe Civati"
				picture = "Giuseppe_Civati.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_social
				traits = {
					neutrality_neutral_Social
					writer
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { neutral_Social_leader = 2 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Roberto Speranza"
				picture = "Roberto_Speranza.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_social
				traits = {
					neutrality_neutral_Social
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
		if = {
			limit = {
				check_variable = { neutral_Social_leader = 3 }
			}
			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Nicola Fratoianni"
				picture = "nicola_fratoianni.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_social
				traits = {
					neutrality_neutral_Social
					career_politician
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
