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ITALY
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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. |