Enrico Letta
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Enrico Letta (born on 20 August 1966) is an Italian politician, and was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in the 2006 General election for the Olive Tree coalition. He is currently secretary of Prime Minister Romano Prodi.
Letta was born in Pisa. He was Member of the European Parliament for the North-East region with the Margherita Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. He was also a member of the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya).
[edit] Education
- 1994: Graduate in political sciences (University of Pisa)
- 2001: PhD in European Community law (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
- Researcher (1991-1994) and then General Secretary (since 1994) of the AREL - Agency for Research and Legislation, Rome
[edit] Career
- 1996-1997: General Secretary of the Euro Committee of the Ministry for the Treasury
- Professor under contract to the Cattaneo Free University (2001-2003), Scuola Superiore S.Anna of Pisa (2003) and the HEC in Paris
- 1997-1998: National Vice-Secretary of the Italian People's Party
- since 2001: national official of the 'Margherita' party responsible for the economy
- 1991-1995: Chairman of the European Young Christian Democrats
- 2001-2004: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
- 1998-1999: Minister for Community Policies
- 1999-2000: Minister for Industry
- 2000-2001: Minister for Industry and Foreign Trade
- since 2004: Vice-Chairman of the 'ASPEN Institute Italia'
- Member of the Trilateral Commission
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)
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[edit] External links
- European Parliament biography of Enrico Letta (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
- DeclarationPDF of financial interests (Italian)
Italian Chamber of Deputies | ||
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Preceded by Title jointly held |
Deputy 2001 – 2004 |
Succeeded by Title jointly held |
Preceded by Title jointly held |
Deputy for Lombardia 2 2008 – present |
Succeeded by Title jointly held |
European Parliament | ||
Preceded by Title jointly held |
Member of Parliament 2004 – 2008 |
Succeeded by Title jointly held |
Political offices | ||
New title | Minister of European Affairs 1998 – 1999 |
Succeeded by Patrizia Toia |
Preceded by Pier Luigi Bersani |
Minister of Industry 1999 – 2001 |
Succeeded by Antonio Marzano As Minister of Productive Activities |
Preceded by Paolo Bonaiuti, Gianni Letta |
Undersecretary to the Prime Minister 2006 – 2008 Served alongside: Fabio Gobbo, Ricardo Franco Levi, Enrico Micheli |
Succeeded by Maurizio Balocchi, Paolo Bonaiuti, Michela Vittoria Brambilla, Aldo Brancher, Gianfranco Miccichè |
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