Fabio Mussi

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Fabio Mussi (born January 22, 1948) is an Italian politician.

[edit] Career

Born in Piombino (Tuscany), he became a member of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1966, and was initially active at university level. In 1973, he graduated in Philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, and soon joined its administrative staff. He also became a member of the PCI Central Committee in 1979, charged with cultural and propaganda tasks and an editor's position at Rinascita. He was regional secretary of the party in Calabria (1980-1984), and after that a member of the PCI National Directory. From 1986, he was co-editor of L'Unità.

Favorable to the turn towards Democratic Socialism in the PCI, he joined the Democratic Party of the Left, direct successor of the PCI, and led its most left-wing current (the so-called correntone).

He is currently a leading member of the Democrats of the Left (the new form of the Democratic Party of the Left since 1998) and of the Italian Parliament, to which he was first elected in 1992. Confirmed as deputy for the fourth time at the 2006 elections, Mussi is currently senior vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies and Minister for the University and Research of the Italian government.

Preceded by: Letizia Moratti

Italian Minister of University and Research 2006 – present

Incumbent