High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rafael Michelini Delle Piane (born 20 October 1958 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan politician. He is currently Senator of the Republic of Uruguay as a member of the Frente Amplio party, and was the founder of New Space party. He was the seventh of ten children, and is the son of Zelmar Michelini, a former senator who was assassinated in Buenos Aires during Operation Condor. As a result he has been active in human rights issues, primarily those stemming from the dictatorship.