Lamberto Dini
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| Senatore Lamberto Dini |
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| 51st Prime Minister of Italy |
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| In office 17 January 1995 – 17 May 1996 |
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| President | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro |
| Preceded by | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Succeeded by | Romano Prodi |
| Italian Minister of Justice | |
| In office 19 October 1995 – 16 February 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Filippo Mancuso |
| Succeeded by | Vincenzo Caianiello |
| Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 17 May 1996 – 6 June 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Romano Prodi Massimo D'Alema Giuliano Amato |
| Preceded by | Susanna Agnelli |
| Succeeded by | Giuliano Amato |
| Member of the Italian Senate | |
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| Assumed office 19 April 2006 |
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| Constituency | Toscana |
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| Born | 1 March 1931 Florence, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | The People of Freedom(2009-) Liberal Democrats (2007-2009) Democracy is Freedom(2002-2007) Italian Renewal(1996-2002) |
| Spouse(s) | Donatella Pasquali Zingone |
| Residence | Rome, Italy |
| Alma mater | University of Florence |
| Profession | Politician Economist |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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Lamberto Dini (help·info) (born 1 March 1931) is an Italian politician and economist. He was the 51st Prime Minister of Italy from 1995 to 1996 and Foreign Minister from 1996 to 2001.
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Early life and career [edit]
After studying Economics in his native city of Florence, Dini took up a post at the International Monetary Fund in 1959, where he worked his way up until he served as Executive Director for Italy, Greece, Portugal and Malta between 1976 and 1979. Then, in October 1979, he moved to the Banca d'Italia, where he served as executive until May 1994. When the Governor of the Bank of Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, with whom Dini had developed a rivalry, was called upon to serve as Premier, in April, 1993, Dini was widely tipped to succeed him, but was passed over (allegedly on Ciampi's instigation) in favour of Antonio Fazio.
Dini scored a comeback, though, when Silvio Berlusconi formed the Berlusconi I Cabinet in May 1994, in which Dini served as Treasury Minister.[1] Due to a split between Berlusconi and his coalition partner Umberto Bossi, the Lega Nord leader, Berlusconi's government collapsed in December 1994, after a mere seven months in power. In January 1995, Dini was appointed Prime Minister by the then President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro.[2] Dini also took the portfolio for treasury in the cabinet and was a non-elected prime minister and minister.[1] Though he was not noted as a left-winger, he was given the confidence vote of the left-wing parties (apart from the Communist Refoundation) and by Lega Nord, whereas his erstwhile partners in the right-wing government chose to abstain whilst citing benevolence. His cabinet was a technocratic one.[3]
The Olive Tree [edit]
In April, 1996, a general election was called, in which Berlusconi's House of Freedoms coalition, minus the Lega Nord, was pitted against that of Romano Prodi, The Olive Tree. Relations between Dini and Berlusconi had seriously soured by then, and Dini chose to join The Olive Tree with his own centrist party, Italian Renewal. Dini was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies, and served for the entire term as Minister of Foreign Affairs in four successive centre-left governments, under Prodi, Massimo D'Alema in two separate, successive cabinets, and finally Giuliano Amato.
His party has merged into Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy, a larger party formed out of several centrist parties belonging to the centre-left coalition. The May 2001 the general election was won by Berlusconi and his allies (including, once again, Lega Nord), which led to Berlusconi forming his second government in June. Dini was elected to the Italian Senate, and, in this capacity, served as a delegate to the Convention in charge of drafting the European Constitution (February 2002-July 2003).
The People of Freedom [edit]
In September 2007, a month before Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy merged with the Democrats of the Left to form the new big tent centre-left Democratic Party, Dini broke away from The Daisy to form the Liberal Democrats, a new incarnation of Italian Renewal.
As protagonist of the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote, in view of the 2008 Italian general election Dini joined The People of Freedom, the newly created Italian liberal-conservative party led by Silvio Berlusconi.
Honours [edit]
On 29 April 2009, the Japanese government announced that it awarded Dini the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun; the honour was presented to him by the Emperor and the Japanese Prime Minister in a formal ceremony in May 2009.[4]
References [edit]
- ^ a b Maria Green Cowles (2001). Transforming Europe: Europeanization and Domestic Change. Cornell University Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-8014-8671-5. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ Bohlen, Celestine (14 January 1995). "Italy Names Banker With No Party Ties New Prime Minister". The New York Times. p. 1.
- ^ Barry, Colleen (13 December 2012). "Europe shrugs at Berlusconi's political ambitions". Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ Japan Today
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Silvio Berlusconi |
President of the Council of Ministers of Italy 1995–1996 |
Succeeded by Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by Filippo Mancuso |
Italian Minister of Justice 1995–1996 |
Succeeded by Vincenzo Caianiello |
| Preceded by Susanna Agnelli |
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1996–2001 |
Succeeded by Giuliano Amato |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by New Party |
President of Liberal Democrats 2007–2009 |
Succeeded by |
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