 Other leading members include Rudi Marguerettaz (member of the Chamber of Deputies in 2013–2018) and Pierluigi Marquis (President of Aosta Valley in 2017).SA was founded in 2001 by the merger of the Autonomists and the Autonomist Federation.The Autonomists were basically the Valdostan section of the Italian People's Party, one of the successors of Christian Democracy, while the Autonomist Federation was formed by former Progressive Democratic Autonomists, along with former Socialists and Republicans.