Franco Bassanini | |
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| Minister of Public Function and Regional Affairs | |
| In office 22 December 1999 – 11 June 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Massimo D'Alema Giuliano Amato |
| Preceded by | Angelo Piazza |
| Succeeded by | Franco Frattini |
| In office 18 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Giovanni Motzo |
| Succeeded by | Angelo Piazza |
| Member of the Senate of the Republic | |
| In office 9 May 1996 – 27 April 2006 | |
| Constituency | Tuscany |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 20 June 1979 – 8 May 1996 | |
| Constituency | Rome (1979–1983) Milan (1983–1996) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1940-05-09)9 May 1940 (age 85) Milan, Italy |
| Party | PSI (before 1981) Independent (1981–1983) Independent Left (1983–1991) PDS (1991–1998) DS (1998–2007) PD (since 2007) |
Franco Bassanini (born 9 May 1940) is an Italian lawyer, politician, minister,[1] and undersecretary of state.
Born inMilan, Bassanini was adeputy from 1979 to 1996 and asenator from 1996 to 2006. He served as the minister of public administration and regional affairs from 1996 to 2001 in the cabinets led by firstlyRomano Prodi, then byMassimo D'Alema and lastly byGiuliano Amato.[2]
Bassannini was president of Astrid, a think-tank specialising in the study of institutional and administrative reform. As a member of the administrative council of theENA, he was called byNicolas Sarkozy in 2007 to take part in theCommission pour la libération de la croissance française, presided over byJacques Attali and designed to reform France's administration.
A member ofItaly-USA Foundation, Bassanini served as the professor of constitutional law at the First University of Rome,[clarification needed] and was the chairman ofCassa Depositi e Prestiti. He is also on the advisory board of the Official and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), where he is regularly involved in meetings regarding the financial and monetary system.[3]
| Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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| 1979 | Chamber of Deputies | Rome–Viterbo–Latina–Frosinone | PSI | 18,722 |  YElected | |
| 1983 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | PCI | 8,503 | YElected | |
| 1987 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | PCI | 15,039 | YElected | |
| 1992 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | PDS | 9,598 | YElected | |
| 1994 | Chamber of Deputies | Lombardy 1 | PDS | –[a] | YElected | |
| 1996 | Senate of the Republic | Tuscany –Siena | PDS | 108,816 | YElected | |
| 2001 | Senate of the Republic | Tuscany –Siena | DS | 94,655 | YElected | |
| 2006 | Senate of the Republic | Sicily | DS | –[b] |  NNot elected | |
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D'Alema II Cabinet (1999–2000) | ||
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Amato II Cabinet (2000–2001) | ||
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