Giulio Tremonti
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| Onorevole Giulio Tremonti |
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| Assumed office May 8, 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Tommaso Padoa Schioppa |
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| In office April 23, 2005 – May 17, 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Domenico Siniscalco |
| Succeeded by | Tommaso Padoa Schioppa |
| In office June 10, 2001 – July 3, 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Vincenzo Visco |
| Succeeded by | Silvio Berlusconi interim Domenico Siniscalco |
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Italian Minister of Finance
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| In office May 10, 1994 – January 17, 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Franco Gallo |
| Succeeded by | Augusto Fantozzi |
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| Born | August 18, 1947 Sondrio, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Forza Italia |
| Alma mater | University of Pavia |
| Profession | economist university professor |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Giulio Tremonti (born August 18, 1947) is an Italian politician and economist. He was Minister of Economy and Finance and Deputy Prime Minister in the governments of Silvio Berlusconi, and he is Vice-President of Forza Italia.
[edit] Career
Tremonti was born in Sondrio. He was professor of law at the University of Pavia and at the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice.
He first ran for the Italian Parliament in 1987 with the Italian Socialist Party. Elected for the first time in 1994 for the Pact for Italy, he switched his allegiance to Forza Italia soon after the Parliament held session, and obtained a position in the first Berlusconi cabinet.
Born in Sondrio (Northern Lombardy, and having Venetian ancestry (his family comes from Lorenzago di Cadore, Northern Veneto), he was the man who reapproched Silvio Berlusconi with his friend Umberto Bossi, leader of the League, leading to the formation of the House of Freedoms. Although a member of Forza Italia, on many issues he is closer to the League, in particular he is a staunch political and fiscal federalist, supporting a federal reform of Italian political system and more autonomy for Lombardy and Veneto, where he has his core supporters.
He again served as Finance Minister since 2001; in 2004, Tremonti was compelled to resign after disputes about the economic situation of the country - he had been widely criticized by the opposition and, within the House of Freedoms, by National Alliance. He was then reappointed to the position after his substitute, Domenico Siniscalco, resigned in September 2005.
He is currently Vice President of Forza Italia and Chairman of the Aspen Institute Italia, and sometimes contributes to one of Italy's most renowned newspapers, Il Corriere della Sera.
[edit] Essays on economics and finances
- La fiera delle tasse ("The Bills' Fair", 1991)
- Il federalismo fiscale ("Fiscal Federalism", 1994)
- Il fantasma della povertà ("The Phantom of Poverty", 1995)
- Le cento tasse degli italiani ("The Hundred Taxes of Italians", 1996, with G. Vitaletti)
- Lo Stato criminogeno ("The crime-generating State", 1997)
- Rischi fatali – L’Europa vecchia, la Cina, il mercatismo suicida: come reagire ("Fatal risks: Old Europe, China, the Suicidal Free Market Ideology: How to React", 2005)
- La paura e la speranza - Europa : la crisi globale che si avvicina e la via per superarla ("Fear and hope - Europe: crisis approaching and the way to overcome it", 2008)
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Franco Gallo |
Italian Minister of Finance 1994 – 1995 |
Succeeded by Augusto Fantozzi |
| Preceded by Vincenzo Visco |
Italian Minister of Economy and Finance 2001 – 2004 |
Succeeded by Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by Domenico Siniscalco |
Italian Minister of Economy and Finance 2005 – 2006 |
Succeeded by Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa |
| Preceded by Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa |
Italian Minister of Economy and Finance 2008 – present |
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| Italian Chamber of Deputies | ||
| Preceded by Alfredo Biondi, Publio Fiori, Clemente Mastella, Fabio Mussi |
Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies 2006 - 2008 Served alongside: Pierluigi Castagnetti, Carlo Leoni, Giorgia Meloni |
Succeeded by Rosy Bindi, Rocco Buttiglione, Antonio Leone, Maurizio Lupi |
| Preceded by Title Jointly held |
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Legislatures XI, XII, XIII, XVI, XV, XVI 1994 - present |
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| New title | Vice President of Forza Italia 2004 – 2008 |
Succeeded by Roberto Formigoni |
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| NAME | Tremonti, Giulio |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Italian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sondrio, Italy |
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