Giorgio Ruffolo | |
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| Minister of Environment | |
| In office 29 July 1987 – 28 June 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Mario Pavan |
| Succeeded by | Carlo Ripa di Meana |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 1 July 1987 – 14 April 1994 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 12 July 1983 – 1 July 1987 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1926-08-14)14 August 1926 Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 16 February 2023(2023-02-16) (aged 96) Rome, Italy |
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| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
Giorgio Ruffolo (14 August 1926 – 16 February 2023) was an Italian economist, journalist and politician who held several government posts and was theminister of environment for five years between 1987 and 1992 in four successive cabinets. He was a member of the now defunctItalian Socialist Party and a significant socialist intellectual.[1] He is known to be the founder ofeconomic planning in Italy.[2]
Ruffolo was born on 14 August 1926 inRome.[3] He was part ofthe Italian Socialist Youth Federation.[4] He headed the research and public relations department ofEni between 1956 and 1962.[5] He joined the Italian Socialist Party and was elected to the Italian Parliament in 1983.[5]
Ruffolo was the president and cofounder of the Europa Research Center (Centro Europa Ricerche), a Rome-based research institute inapplied economic analysis with a special reference to the central issues for Italian andEuropean economic policy.[6][7][8] The other founders of the institute included Antonio Pedone andLuigi Spaventa.[7] Ruffolo was also the president of a publicinvestment company, Finanziaria Meridionale, which had been established to improve theeconomic development ofSouthern Italy.[2]
From 1987 to 1992, Ruffolo was the minister of environment.[9][10] Although he was an economist by profession, he published various publications on environment, which made him one of the most qualified environment ministers of Italy.[10] During his term, the ministry published the first report about the environmental conditions in the country.[10] Another significant event was the closure of the Farmoplant inMassa in July 1988 following a massive explosion which had caused environmental pollution in the Massa coastline.[11]
Ruffolo also served in theEuropean Parliament for three terms: 17 July 1979–30 September 1983; 19 July 1994–19 July 1999 and 20 July 1999–19 July 2004.[3]
Ruffolo was a contributor to the Italian edition ofHuffington Post and Italian newspaperLa Repubblica.[9][12]
Ruffolo died in Rome on 16 February 2023, at the age of 96.[4][13]
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