Lapo Pistelli (born 20 June 1964, in

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) is an

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and Member of the (

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) of the

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, elected for the Italian Democratic Party. In the Italian Democratic Party is the Head of the Foreign Affairs and International Relations Department. He is the son of Nicola Pistelli (1929–64), a

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politician.

Biography

Graduated in

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and International Relations at the

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(1988), Pistelli started his political career in the

Christian Democracy Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics. Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well ...

(''Democrazia Cristiana'') as Responsible for the foreign affairs office of the Christian Democrat Youth Movement (1987–1991) becoming, in the following years, Member of the secretariat and directorate (1995–1999) and coordinator of the national secretariat (1999–2001) of the Italian People's Party (''Partito Popolare''), and member of the executive and official responsible for foreign affairs (2001–2004) of the

Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (, DL), commonly known simply as The Daisy (''La Margherita''), was a Centrism, centrist List of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy. The party was formed from the merger of three parties with ...

(''La Margherita'') party. In 1996, after serving as municipal councillor of

(1990–1995), he is elected as a Member of the

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with The Olive Tree political coalition (''l'Ulivo'') (1996–2001), and is confirmed

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also in the subsequent legislature (2001–2004), operating as a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and member of the

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(2001–2004). In 2004 he is elected as a member of the

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(2004–2008), where he serves both as Head of the Italian Delegation, as the vice-chairman of the

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and as a member of two Committees (

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and Financial and Economic Affairs). In 2007, with the foundation of the Italian Democratic Party (''Partito Democratico''), becomes member of the national executive of the Party with the role of responsible for Foreign Affairs, and in 2008 he is elected to the

. At present, he is member of the III Committee (Foreign Affairs) of the

Activities

Member of the Florence Faculty of th
Bing Overseas Studies
of

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, he lectured in various universities around the globe. In

, he is a member of the Board of the IAI (International Affairs Institute) and of the Institute for Relations of Italy with Africa, Latin America, and the Middle and Far East. He is also a member of the Council Italy-United States and of the Board of Editors of East (European and Asian Strategies) and continues to cooperate with a number of progressive think tanks such as

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in London, The

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and

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in Washington, the Foundation IDEAS in Madrid, the

European Council on Foreign Relations The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) is a pan-European think tank with offices in seven European capitals. Launched in October 2007, it conducts research on European foreign and security policy and provides a meeting space for decis ...

. He has been Vice President of the Italy-USA Foundation from 2008 to 2010. A journalist since 1991, he publishes regularly in various newspapers on issues related to European and international affairs and on specialized magazines like Aspenia and Limes. His publications include ''Semestre nero: Berlusconi e la politica estera'' ("Black semester: Berlusconi and Italian Foreign Policy"), 2004; and ''America Take Away'', 2006.

References

Books

*Lapo Pistelli; Franco Monaco, Luigi Pizzolato. ''Giorgio La Pira: speranza e profezia cristiana nel 20º anniversario della morte'' ("

Giorgio La Pira Giorgio La Pira, TOSD (Raimondo in religious life; 9 January 1904 – 5 November 1977) was an Italian Catholic politician who served as the Mayor of Florence. He also served as a deputy for Christian Democracy and participated in the assem ...

: hope and christian prophecy in the 20th anniversary of his death"), In Dialogo, 1998. *Lapo Pistelli;

Matteo Renzi Matteo Renzi (; born 11 January 1975) is an Italian politician who served as prime minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a senator for Florence since 2018. Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva (IV) since 2019, having bee ...

. ''Ma le giubbe rosse non-uccisero Aldo Moro'' ("But the Red Shirts did not kill

Aldo Moro Aldo Moro (; 23 September 1916 – 9 May 1978) was an Italian statesman and prominent member of Christian Democracy (Italy), Christian Democracy (DC) and its centre-left wing. He served as prime minister of Italy in five terms from December 1963 ...

"), Donzelli, 1999. *Lapo Pistelli;

Enrico Letta Enrico Letta (; born 20 August 1966) is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy The prime minister of Italy, officially the president of the Council of Ministers (), is the head of government of the Italy, Italian Republ ...

. ''Il boomerang. Lo stato sociale visto dai giovani'' ("The boomerang. The welfare seen by the youth"), Donzelli, 2001. *Lapo Pistelli; Guelfo Fiore. ''Semestre nero. Berlusconi e la politica estera'' ("Black semester.

Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; 29 September 193612 June 2023) was an Italian Media proprietor, media tycoon and politician who served as the prime minister of Italy in three governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a mem ...

and Italian Foreign Policy"), Fazi Editore, 2004. *Lapo Pistelli, ''America take away'', Fazi Editore, 2006.

External links

Lapo Pistelli official blog
(Italian)
Lapo Pistelli, Chamber of Deputies' website – XVI Legislation
(Italian)
Lapo Pistelli, European Parliament website – 6th Parliamentary termLapo Pistelli, Chamber of Deputies' website – XIV Legislation
(Italian)
Lapo Pistelli, Chamber of Deputies' website – XIII Legislation
(Italian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Pistelli, Lapo 1964 births Democratic Party (Italy) MEPs Italian People's Party (1994) politicians Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Living people MEPs for Italy 2004–2009 Politicians from Florence University of Florence alumni