Piero Fassino
| Piero Fassino | |
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| 19th Mayor of Turin | |
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Assumed office 16 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Sergio Chiamparino |
| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 25 April 2000 – 11 June 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Giuliano Amato |
| Preceded by | Oliviero Diliberto |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Castelli |
| Minister of Trade | |
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In office 21 October 1998 – 25 April 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Augusto Fantozzi |
| Succeeded by | Enrico Letta (Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 October 1949 Avigliana, Italy |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Maria Serafini |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Piero Franco Rodolfo Fassino (born October 7, 1949 in Avigliana, Piedmont) is an Italian politician with the Democratic Party, the current Mayor of Turin and a former national secretary of the Democrats of the Left party.[1]
Biography
Piero Fassino was born in Avigliana (province of Turin), in a traditional socialist family.
He graduated in Political Sciences and later registered with the Youth Communist Federation of Turin in 1968, becoming their secretary three years later.
In 1975 he was elected as Member of the City Council of the Piedmont regional capital, a position he remained in for ten years. From 1985 to 1990 he held a position as Provincial Councillor, also in Turin.
He was also secretary of the provincial Italian Communist Party (PCI) federation of Turin from 1983 to 1987, when he was elected as member of the National Secretary's Office of the party, first as the Secretary's Office Coordinator, then as Responsible of Organization, during the period where the party was transformed from the PCI into the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS).
From 1991 to 1996 he was International Secretary of the new party; his first election to the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of the Italian parliament) was in 1994. Re-elected in 1996, he was appointed in 1998 as Minister for Foreign Commerce in the government headed by Massimo D'Alema. From 2000, he was Minister of Justice in the Giuliano Amato government.[1]
Candidate as vice-premier of The Olive Tree coalition in a ticket with former Rome Mayor Francesco Rutelli for the 2001 general elections in Italy won by the House of Freedoms rival coalition, he was still re-elected as a Member of Parliament.
In 2001, during the National Party Congress of the Democrats of the Left, he was elected as secretary (a position of leader in Italian political parties). He was then re-elected in February 2005, during the party congress.
He received the America Award from the Italy-USA Foundation in 2010.
He is married to Anna Maria Serafini, who was elected in Italian Senate (the second chamber of the Italian parliament) in 2006.
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References
- 1 2 Prodi Clears Final Hurdle as Deficit Pressures Mount May 11, 2006, Bloomberg L.P.. Accessed 15 April 2009. Archived 15 April 2009.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Augusto Fantozzi |
Minister of Trade 1998–2000 |
Succeeded by Enrico Letta as Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship |
| Preceded by Oliviero Diliberto |
Minister of Justice 2000–2001 |
Succeeded by Roberto Castelli |
| Preceded by Sergio Chiamparino |
Mayor of Turin 2011–present |
Incumbent |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Walter Veltroni |
Secretary of the Democrats of the Left 2001–2007 |
Succeeded by Walter Veltroni as Secretary of the Democratic Party |
| Diplomatic posts | ||
| New office | European Union Special Envoy for Burma 2007–present |
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