 Alongside Ignazio La Russa, Gasparri is considered a leader of the AN mainstream faction Destra Protagonista.Gasparri worked as a journalist, becoming editor in chief of the "Secolo d'Italia" - the Italian Social Movement's daily paper.Following a weak showing in the regional elections of 2005, Gasparri was on 25 April 2006 replaced in Berlusconi's third Cabinet by Mario Landolfi.