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ITALY

Романо Проди
ROMANO PRODI 
Prime Minister of Italy 
Assumption of the office: May 17, 2006
Date of birth: August 9, 1939
Place of birth: Reggio Emilia, Italy, on August 9, 1939
Family status: Married / two sons

Occupation: 1961: Graduates in law from the Catholic University in Milan.
1963: Graduates from the London School of Economics.
1963-1974: Associate professor, later professor at Bologna University.
 
Career: 1974-1978: Chairman of the Mulino publishing house in Bologna and editor in chief of the Industria magazine.

November 1978 - March 1979: Italy's Minister for Industry.

1981: Establishes Nomisma, an economic research center.

1981-1983: Editor in chief of the Energia magazine, a contributor to Correre della Sera, Sole 24 ORE and Resto del Carlino, and visiting professor at Harvard University, U.S.A.

1982-1989: Chairman of the Institute for Industrial Reconstruction (IRI), a state holding company.

1989-1993: Professor at Bologna University.

1993-1994: Chairman of the Institute for Industrial Reconstruction (IRI).

1995: Head of the center-left Ulivo (Olive Tree) coalition, which won the 1996 general elections, elected to the Chamber of Deputies from Bologna.

1996-1998: Italian Prime Minister.

1999-2004: President of the European Commission.

March 2005: Chairman of the center-left Union coalition.

April 9-10, 2006: Prodi-led coalition wins the parliamentary elections.

May 17, 2006: Romano Prodi takes the oath as Prime Minister of Italy.

Fluent in English and French.

Official site of the Italian Government (Italian version)

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