Franco Bassanini (born 9 May 1940) is an Italian lawyer, politician, minister, and undersecretary of state.

Career

Born in

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, Bassanini was a

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from 1979 to 1996 and a

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from 1996 to 2006. He served as the minister of public administration and regional affairs from 1996 to 2001 in the cabinets led by firstly

Romano Prodi Romano Prodi (; born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician who served as President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004 and twice as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1996 to 1998, and again from 2006 to 2008. Prodi is considered the fo ...

, then by

Massimo D'Alema Massimo D'Alema (; born 20 April 1949) is an Italian politician and journalist who was the 53rd prime minister of Italy from 1998 to 2000. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2008. D'Alema ...

and lastly by

Giuliano Amato Giuliano Amato (; born 13 May 1938) is an Italian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy, first from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2001. Upon Arnaldo Forlani's death in July 2023, Amato became the country's earliest-servin ...

. Bassannini was president of Astrid, a think-tank specialising in the study of institutional and administrative reform. As a member of the administrative council of the

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, he was called by

Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa ( ; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. In 2021, he was found guilty of having tried to bribe a judge in 2014 to obtain information ...

in 2007 to take part in the ''Commission pour la libération de la croissance française'', presided over by

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and designed to reform France's administration. A member of Italy-USA Foundation, Bassanini served as the professor of constitutional law at the First University of Rome, and was the chairman of

Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A., also known as CDP S.p.A., is a prominent Italian development bank founded on November 20, 1850, in Turin. Its original duty was to finance public works like roads and waterworks during the reign of Victor Emman ...

. He is also on the advisory board of the Official and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), where he is regularly involved in meetings regarding the financial and monetary system.

Electoral history

Honours

* : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 13 January 2015.

References

1940 births Living people Politicians from Milan Italian Socialist Party politicians Independent Left (Italy) politicians Democratic Party of the Left politicians Democrats of the Left politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Government ministers of Italy Deputies of Legislature VIII of Italy Deputies of Legislature IX of Italy Deputies of Legislature X of Italy Deputies of Legislature XI of Italy Deputies of Legislature XII of Italy Senators of Legislature XIII of Italy Senators of Legislature XIV of Italy Italian corporate directors Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome Lawyers from Milan Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic {{Italy-politician-DemocraticPartyItaly-stub