Carlo Bernini (1936–2011) was an Italian academic, politician and businessman. Being a member of the

Christian Democracy Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...

(DC) he served at the

Italian Senate The Senate of the Republic ( it, Senato della Repubblica), or simply the Senate ( it, Senato), is the upper house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Chamber of Deputies). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral sy ...

between 1992 and 1994 and was the

minister of transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government ag ...

in the period 1989–1992.

Biography

Bernini was born in

Bondeno Bondeno ( Bondenese: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about north of Bologna and about northwest of Ferrara. The municipality of Bondeno contains the '' frazioni'' (su ...

Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...

, on 6 May 1936. In 1952 he joined the DC. He was a professor of transport economics and worked at the faculty of political science of the

University of Padua The University of Padua ( it, Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from ...

. From 1971 to 1980 he was president of the

Province of Treviso The Province of Treviso ('' it, Provincia di Treviso'') is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso. The province is surrounded by Belluno in the north, Vicenza in the west, Padua in southwest, Venice in the so ...

and president of the Veneto Region between 1980 and 1989. In July 1989 he was appointed minister of transport to the sixth cabinet of

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Giulio Andreotti Giulio Andreotti ( , ; 14 January 1919 – 6 May 2013) was an Italian politician and statesman who served as the 41st prime minister of Italy in seven governments (1972–1973, 1976–1979, and 1989–1992) and leader of the Christian Democracy ...

. He also held the same post in the Andreotti's seventh cabinet until 27 June 1992. Bernini was elected to the Italian Senate in 1992 and served there until 1994. Following the dissolution of the DC in 1994 he retired from politics, but he joined the Union of the Centre in 2003 from which he resigned in 2008. Then he joined the

People of Freedom The People of Freedom ( it, Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL, launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007, was initially a federation of political parties, notably including Forza Italia a ...

. In 2004 Bernini founded a low cost airline company, MyAir, and headed it. The company went bankrupt in 2009. Bernini was married to Angela Bernini and had three children. In Summer 2011 he was hospitalized following a heart attack and died in a

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Castelfranco Veneto Castelfranco Veneto ( vec, Casteło) is a town and ''comune'' of Veneto, northern Italy, in the province of Treviso, by rail from the town of Treviso. It is approximately inland from Venice. History The town originates from a castle built her ...

on 1 January 2011.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernini, Carlo 1936 births 2011 deaths Transport ministers of Italy Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians Senators of Legislature XI of Italy Union of the Centre (2002) politicians The People of Freedom politicians 21st-century Italian businesspeople Italian company founders Politicians from Ferrara Academic staff of the University of Padua