Siro Lombardini (1924—2013) was an Italian economist and politician. He served as the minister of state holdings between 5 August 1979 and 4 April 1980 in the first cabinet of

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. He was also the president of the Italian banking institute

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. In addition, he was among the significant economists being a specialist on monopoly theory. One of his well-known students is

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Early life and education

Lombardini was born in

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in 1924. He held a bachelor's degree in economics and commerce which he received from

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in 1946. He continued his studies at

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in 1949 and at the

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which he completed in 1951.

Career

In 1947 Lombardini began his career as a

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and following the completion of his PhD he started to give courses in

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at his alma mater, Università Cattolica. From 1954 to 1958 he also taught at the Faculty of Law of the

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. In 1956 he joined the

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as the chair of the department of political economy. In 1957 Lambordini became a full professor. Next he joined the

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. Then in 1963 he became the department chair of economic policy at the

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. In 1983 he was named the chair of political economy department at Università Cattolica, and he joined again the University of Turin in 1987 to teach political economy. From 1958 to 1968 Lombardini was the director of the Economic and Social Research Institute in

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. He later joined the Christian Democrats and became a member of the

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for the seventh legislature (1976–79). In 1979 he was appointed minister of state holdings to the

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led by

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Francesco Cossiga Francesco Maurizio Cossiga (; , ; 1928 – 2010)
. was an Italian politician who served as President of ...

. Lombardini was in office between 5 August 1979 and 4 April 1980. During his tenure he was accused of involving in the Eni bribe scandal. Following his retirement from politics he was named the president of the Banca Popolare di Novara on 26 September 1995. He merged the institution with the Banca Popolare di Verona which created the current

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Personal life and death

Lombardini is the recipient of the 1995 Invernizzi Award for the economy. He died in

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at the age of 89 in October 2013.

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