Paolo Gentiloni

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Gentiloni Silveri Paolo

Minister of Communications
In office 17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Mario Landolfi
Succeeded by	Claudio Scajola (minister of Economic development)
Personal details
Born	(1954-11-22) 22 November 1954 Cuneo, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Democratic Party (since 2007)
Other political affiliations	The Daisy (2002-2007)
Profession	Journalist

Paolo Gentiloni (born 22 November 1954 in Rome) is an Italian politician, member of the Democratic Party party and former Italian Minister of Communications.

Biography

He is a professional journalist and has a degree in political sciences.

He became Francesco Rutelli’s spokesman in 1993 and was Jubilee and Tourism Councillor in the Rome City Council. He has coordinated numerous election campaigns and was a founding member of the Margherita party. He was the party’s communications spokesman for five years.

In 2001, he was elected Member of Parliament and during the XIV legislature he was Chairman of the Broadcasting Services Watchdog Committee.

Elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the XV legislature, he was a member of the Olive Tree Parliamentary Group. Between 2006 and 2008 he has been Minister for Communications in Romano Prodi’s second government.

One of the 45 members of the national founding committee of the Democratic Party in 2007, he was re-elected in 2008 and 2013 to the Chamber of Deputies (XVI and XVII legislature) where he is a member of the Democratic Parliamentary Group.

On December 5, 2012 he announced his participation in the primary elections which on April 6, 2013, will select the center-left candidate for Mayor of Rome.

Italian Chamber of Deputies
Preceded by Title jointly held	Deputy for Constituency II – Piedmont 2 2001–2006	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Preceded by Title jointly held	Deputy for Constituency XV – Lazio 1 2006-2008	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Preceded by Title jointly held	Deputy for Constituency XV – Lazio 1 2008-2013	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Preceded by Title jointly held	Deputy for Constituency XV – Lazio 1 2013 onward	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Mario Landolfi	Italian Minister of Communications 2006–2008	Succeeded by Claudio Scajola as Minister of Economic development
Party political offices
New title	Coordinator of the Democratic Party for Communications 2007–2009	Title abolished
New title	Head of Communications Department of the Democratic Party 2009 onward	Incumbent

v t e Prodi II Cabinet (2006 - 2008)

D'Alema Rutelli Amato Padoa-Schioppa Parisi Mastella Bersani De Castro Fioroni Mussi Turco Damiano Ferrero Di Pietro Bianchi Pecoraro Scanio Gentiloni Bonino Chiti Nicolais Lanzillotta Santagata Pollastrini Melandri Bindi

External links

Personal Site (Italian)

Authority control	VIAF: 55600856

Persondata
Name	Gentiloni, Paolo
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	22 November 1954
Place of birth	Cuneo, Italy
Date of death
Place of death

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