Enrico Letta

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Enrico Letta
Enrico Letta

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).

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[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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Italian Chamber of Deputies
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