Giuseppe Petrilli

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Giuseppe Petrilli (1913? – May 13, 1999?) was an Italian professor and European Commissioner.

He was a non-politician[1] appointed as the first Italian European Commissioner on the Hallstein Commission from January 1958 with responsibility for the Social Affairs portfolio. In September 1960 (or December 1960, or 8 February 1961) he resigned and was succeeded by Lionello Levi Sandri.

A professor Giuseppe Petrilli became president of IRI (the Italian Institute for Industrial Reconstruction - a powerful state-owned holding company) in 1960 and served for almost twenty years, until 1979[2]. He died on May 13, 1999, aged 86[3].

Commissioner Petrilli was a member of the 1979 group that produced the Spierenburg Report on the improvement of the working methods of the commission [4].

A Giuseppe Petrilli, left-wing Italian Christian Democrat (DC) member was appointed secretary general of the "EUCD" in 1978, according to the European Peoples Party[5].

A Giuseppe Petrelli became a member of the 8th Italian Senate after the 1979 elections[6].

[edit] References

  1. ^ PDF Analysis of Political Experience of Commission Membership
  2. ^ http://old.lapadania.com/2000/giugno/28/28062000p11a1.htm IRI History (Italian)
  3. ^ www.cronologia.it/storia/a29mag99.htm May 1999 Italy events (Italian)
  4. ^ The Spierenburg Report
  5. ^ EPP - European People's Party
  6. ^ http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senatori_VIII_Legislatura It. Wikipedia - List of Senate VII members (Italian)

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