Michele Nicoletti (born 19 November 1956,

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) is an Italian politician and philosopher, and served as the President of the

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in 2018. He was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in the elections of 24–25 February 2013. He was a member of the Commission of the Twelve, an advisory body for the implementation of the Statute of Trentino-Südtirol, and was also the provincial Secretary of the Democratic Party of Trentino until 16 March 2014. On 22 January 2018, he was elected as the 31st President of the

, a body bringing together parliamentarians from 47 European nations to promote human rights and democracy. He is only the second Italian to hold the post. He earlier served as the leader of the Assembly's second-largest political group, the Socialist Group, and the head of the Italian parliamentary delegation to the Assembly. He is also a full professor of

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at the

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, in Trentino, Italy.

Life and career

Nicoletti graduated with a degree in philosophy at Bologna and since 2001 has been a professor of political philosophy at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy (Department of Philosophy, History and Cultural Heritage) and the School of International Studies of the

. Since 2011, he has been the director of the Antonio Rosmini Study and Research Center in

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. In 2007, he was a

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Distinguished Lecturer at the

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. On 6 August 2014, Nicoletti became President of the Italian delegation to the

., SguardoEuropeo, accessed 4 September 2014
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accessed 4 September 2014 In this capacity, he serves on the Sub-Committee on Conflicts between Council of Europe Member States, the Sub-Committee on External Relations, and the Sub-Committee on Ethics. Between 2016 and 2017, he was the Assembly’s

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. He currently lives and works in Trento and Rome. He is married, with three children.

Awards and honours

* 2001 – Special Mention of the Jury, VIII International Award "Salvatore Valitutti" for the book ''La politica e il male''.

Books and Bibliography

*M. Nicoletti, ''La dialettica dell'Incarnazione: soggettività e storia in S. Kierkegaard'', Bologna: EDB, 1983. *M. Nicoletti (Ed. critica a cura di), ''L'empatia'', di E. Stein, Milano: Franco Angeli, 1986. *M. Nicoletti, ''Trascendenza e potere: la teologia politica di Carl Schmitt'', Brescia: Morcelliana, 1990. *M. Nicoletti, ''La politica e il male'', Brescia: Morcelliana, 2000. *M. Nicoletti, S. Zucal, F. Olivetti (a cura di), ''Da che parte dobbiamo stare: il personalismo di Paul Ludwig Landsberg'', Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino, 2007. *M. Nicoletti (Ed. a cura di), ''Angeli delle nazioni - Origine e sviluppi di una figura teologico-politica'', Brescia: Morcelliana, 2007. *M. Nicoletti, ''Religion and Empire: Carl Schmitt's Kathechon between International Relations and the Philosophy of History, International Law and Religion'' ed. by M. Koskenniemi, M. García-Salmones Rovira and P. Amorosa, Oxford University Press, 2017.

References

External links

University of Trento Official websiteDemocratic Party of Trentino (Italy) Official websiteRosa Bianca Association (Italy) Official websiteIl margine (Italy) Official websiteAccademia degli Agiati (Italy) Official websiteCattedra Rosmini (Italy) Official website
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