Gabriele Albertini

Gabriele Albertini
22nd Mayor of Milan
In office May 1, 1997 – June 1, 2006
Preceded by	Marco Formentini
Succeeded by	Letizia Moratti
Personal details
Born	July 6, 1950 (1950-07-06) Milan, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	The People of Freedom
Profession	Politician

Gabriele Albertini (born on 6 July 1950 in Milan) is an Italian politician, former Mayor of Milan and incumbent Member of the European Parliament for North-Western Italy with The People of Freedom, part of the European People's Party, and sits in the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, a vice-chair of the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the United States.

Education

• 1974: Graduate in law

Career

• 1974-1997: Manager of Albertini Cesare Spa, a company working in the aluminium pressure die casting sector
• Various posts held in the employers' organisation Confindustria
• 1987: delegate for small business on the executive board of Federmeccanica - the Italian mechanical engineering trade union federation
• 1993-1997: Vice-Chairman of Assolombarda
• 1996-1997: Chairman of Federmeccanica
• 1997-2006: Mayor of Milan
• 2002-2003: Government delegate to the Municipality of Milan (since 2000) dealing with waste water depuration problems in the city of Milan
• 2001-2006: delegated by the Government to deal with the traffic and mobility emergency in the city of Milan (delegated through Ministerial Ordenance 28 December 2001 No. 3171; emergency declared through Decree 15 November 2001)

• Honours
• Honorary CBE
• Official of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic

Decorations

• Knight of the Grand Cross of the Norwegian Royal Order
• Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
• Grand Officer of the Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus
• Silver Cross of Merit of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcre of Jerusalem
• Cross of the Grand Officer of the Order of Merit
• Commander of Merit of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George

See also: European Parliament election, 2009 (Italy)

External links

• European Parliament biography of Gabriele Albertini (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (Italian)