Franco Bassanini
Italian politician (born 1940)
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Franco Bassanini (born 9 May 1940) is an Italian lawyer, politician, minister,[1] and undersecretary of state.
Giuliano Amato
Franco Bassanini | |
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| Minister of Public Function and Regional Affairs | |
| In office 22 December 1999 – 11 June 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Massimo D'Alema Giuliano Amato |
| Preceded by | Angelo Piazza |
| Succeeded by | Franco Frattini |
| In office 18 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Giovanni Motzo |
| Succeeded by | Angelo Piazza |
| Member of the Senate of the Republic | |
| In office 9 May 1996 – 27 April 2006 | |
| Constituency | Tuscany |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 20 June 1979 – 8 May 1996 | |
| Constituency | Rome (1979–1983) Milan (1983–1996) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 May 1940 Milan, Italy |
| Party | PSI (before 1981) Independent (1981–1983) Independent Left (1983–1991) PDS (1991–1998) DS (1998–2007) PD (since 2007) |
Career
Born in Milan, Bassanini was a deputy from 1979 to 1996 and a senator 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, then by Massimo D'Alema and lastly by Giuliano Amato.[2]
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 ENA, he was called by Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007 to take part in the Commission pour la libération de la croissance française, presided over by Jacques Attali 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,[clarification needed] and was the chairman of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. 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.[3]
Electoral history
| Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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| 1979 | Chamber of Deputies | Rome–Viterbo–Latina–Frosinone | PSI | 18,722 |  Elected | |
| 1983 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | PCI | 8,503 | Elected | |
| 1987 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | PCI | 15,039 | Elected | |
| 1992 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | PDS | 9,598 | Elected | |
| 1994 | Chamber of Deputies | Lombardy 1 | PDS | –[a] | Elected | |
| 1996 | Senate of the Republic | Tuscany – Siena | PDS | 108,816 | Elected | |
| 2001 | Senate of the Republic | Tuscany – Siena | DS | 94,655 | Elected | |
| 2006 | Senate of the Republic | Sicily | DS | –[b] |  Not elected | |
- Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.
- Candidate in a closed list proportional representation system.
