Andrea Riccardi (born 16 January 1950, in

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) is an Italian

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and

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, founder of the

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. He served as minister for international cooperation without portfolio in the

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Life

In 1999, he received the Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize from the

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."Andrea Riccardi", Berkley Center, Georgetown University
/ref> In November 2004, he was given the International

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for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples. He has also taught at

Sapienza University The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, I ...

and the

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. Andrea Riccardi is also a member of the Fondation Chirac's honour committee, ever since the foundation was launched in 2008 by former French president

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in order to promote world peace. He also participated as jury member in 2009 for the Prize for Conflict Prevention awarded every year by this foundation. From 4 January 2013 to 16 May 2013 Riccardi was the president of

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, a

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Books

* ''Sant'Egidio, Rome and the World'' - by Andrea Riccardi, Peter Heinegg, / 9780854395590, Saint Paul Publications * ''French Catholicism'' * ''Homme et femme, le rêve de Dieu'' * ''Il secolo del martirio. I cristiani nel Novecento'' (The Century of Martyrdom. Christians in the 20th Century), 2000 * ''Ils sont morts pour leur foi'' (They died for their faith), 2002

References

Profile of Andrea Riccardi
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