Franco Maria Malfatti

Franco Maria Malfatti
3rd President of the European Commission
In office 1970–1972
Preceded by	Jean Rey
Succeeded by	Sicco Mansholt
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 4 August 1979 – 15 January 1980
Prime Minister	Francesco Cossiga
Preceded by	Arnaldo Forlani
Succeeded by	Attilio Ruffini
Italian Minister of Education
In office 7 July 1973 – 11 March 1978
Prime Minister	Mariano Rumor Aldo Moro Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Succeeded by	Mario Pedini
Personal details
Born	(1927-06-13)13 June 1927 Rome, Italy
Died	10 December 1991(1991-12-10) (aged 64) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Christian Democracy

Franco Maria Malfatti di Monte Tretto ( pronunciation (help·info)) (Rome, 13 June 1927 – 10 December 1991), was an Italian politician and President of the European Commission.

Biography

A descendant of Philip IV of France and wife Joan I of Navarre , Malfatti was born in Rome. He was an important member of the governing council of Democrazia Cristiana (the Christian Democratic party) in which he became chief of political bureau, and covered several institutional charges.

In Democrazia Cristiana, he was a member of Dossetti's lobby, together with Amintore Fanfani, Aldo Moro, and Giorgio La Pira. In 1951 he was elected national representative for young members; in 1958 he was elected deputy for the district of Rieti and Umbria. He served as minister for Foreign Affairs (1979–80), Finance (1978–79), Instruction, Industry, State trades, and Mail and Telecommunications.

He was also the third President of the European Commission from 1970 to 1972. The "Malfatti Commission" began as the integration process was relaunched: the EC adopting a financial framework and competing the single market. There was also the beginnings of political cooperation, monetary cooperation and of enlargement as talks opened with Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom.^[1] He resigned from this post in 1972 to run for office in Italy.

In the 1980s he was chief of the Italian delegation in the European Parliament. Politically close to Aldo Moro's lobby, Malfatti was among the participants in Bilderberg meetings.

References

v t e Italian Ministers of Foreign Affairs Kingdom of Italy Cavour Ricasoli Rattazzi Pasolini Visconti-Venosta La Marmora Visconti-Venosta Campello Menabrea Visconti-Venosta Melefari Depretis Corti Cairoli Depretis Cairoli Mancini Depretis Robilant Depretis Crispi Starabba di Rudinì Brin De Blanc Caetani Capelli Canevaro Visconti-Venosta Prinetti Tittoni Paternò-Castello Guicciardini Tittoni Guicciardini Paternò-Castello Barone Sidney Sonnino Tittoni Scialoja Sforza Tommasi della Torretta Schanzer Mussolini Grandi Mussolini Ciano Mussolini Guariglia Badoglio Bonomi De Gasperi Italian Republic De Gasperi Nenni Sforza De Gasperi Pella Piccioni Martino Pella Fanfani Pella Segni Fanfani Piccioni Saragat Moro Fanfani Moro Fanfani Medici Nenni Moro Medici Moro Rumor Forlani Malfatti Ruffini Colombo Andreotti De Michelis Scotti Colombo Andreatta Elia Martino Agnelli Dini Ruggiero Berlusconi Frattini Fini D'Alema Frattini Terzi di Sant'Agata Bonino

v t e Rumor II Cabinet (1969-1970) Russo Forlani/Bo Gatto Moro Restivo Gava Caron Bosco E. Colombo Gui Aggradi Natali Sedati Gaspari Valsecchi Magrì Ripamonti Misasi V. Colombo Malfatti Donat-Cattin Scaglia

v t e Rumor III Cabinet (March–August 1970) Bosco/Russo Taviani Gatto Aggradi Ripamonti Gaspari Moro Restivo Reale Giolitti Preti Colombo Misasi Lauricella Natali Viglianesi Malfatti/Bosco Gava Mariotti Zagari Mannironi Piccoli Donat-Cattin Lupis

v t e Rumor IV Cabinet (1973–1974) Corona Ripamonti Lupis Coppo Donat-Cattin Toros Gioia Bucalossi Gava Moro Taviani Zagari Giolitti Colombo La Malfa Tanassi Malfatti Lauricella Ferrari Aggradi Preti Togni De Mita Gui Matteotti Pieraccini Gullotti Bertoldi Signorello

v t e Rumor V Cabinet (March–November 1974) Lupis Pieraccini Gui Mancini Toros Gioia Moro Taviani Zagari Giolitti Tanassi Colombo Andreotti Malfatti Lauricella Bisaglia Preti Togni De Mita Colombo Matteotti Coppo Gullotti Bertoldi Ripamonti

v t e Andreotti III Cabinet (1976–1978) De Mita Forlani Cossiga Bonifacio Morlino Pandolfi Stammati Lattanzio/Ruffini Malfatti Gullotti Marcora Ruffini/Lattanzio Colombo Donat-Cattin Dal Falco Ossola Colombo (interim) Bisaglia Anselmi Pedini Antoniozzi

v t e Andreotti IV Cabinet (1978–1979) De Mita Forlani Cossiga/Andreotti (interim)/Rognoni Bonifacio Morlino Malfatti Pandolfi Ruffini Pedini Stammati Marcora Colombo Gullotti Donat-Cattin/Prodi Anselmi Ossola Colombo (interim) Bisaglia Scotti Antoniozzi Pastorino

v t e Andreotti V Cabinet (March–August 1979) Di Giesi Forlani Rognoni Morlino La Malfa/Visentini Malfatti Pandolfi Ruffini Spadolini Compagna Marcora Preti Colombo Nicolazzi Anselmi Preti (interim) Bisaglia Scotti Antoniozzi Ariosto

v t e Cossiga I Cabinet (1979–1980) Scalia Giannini Di Giesi Sarti/Darida Malfatti/Ruffini Rognoni Morlino Andreatta Reviglio Pandolfi Ruffini/Sarti Valitutti Nicolazzi Marcora Preti Colombo Bisaglia Altissimo Stammati Evangelisti/Signorello Lombardini Scotti Ariosto D'Arezzo

v t e Presidents of European Commissions European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) Jean Monnet (1952) René Mayer (1955) Paul Finet (1958) Piero Malvestiti (1959) Rinaldo Del Bo (1963) Albert Coppé (1967) European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC) Louis Armand (1958) Étienne Hirsch (1959) Pierre Chatenet (1962) European Economic Community (EEC) Walter Hallstein (1958) European Communities (EC) Jean Rey (1967) Franco Maria Malfatti (1970) Sicco Mansholt (1972) François-Xavier Ortoli (1973) Roy Jenkins (1977) Gaston Thorn (1981) Jacques Delors (1985) European Union (EU) Jacques Delors (1993) Jacques Santer (1995) Manuel Marín (1999) Romano Prodi (1999) José Manuel Barroso (2004) Commission President President of the European Council Council Presidency President of the European Parliament