Editing Francesco Profumo

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Francesco Profumo was born May 3, 1953 in Savona, Italy. He is a former Italy's Minister of Education from 16 November 2011 to 28 April 2013. 

== Professional Career == 

He began his professional career working in the Department of Research and Development of Ansadlo Group in Genoa between 1978 and 1984. In 1985, he moved to Torino as a researcher and associate professor at the local Politecnico. In 2003, he was named dean of the 1st engineering faculty of the Politecnico, and in 2005, he became rector of the university. On 13 August 2011, he succeeded Luciano Maiani as the president of the National Research Council (CNR) in Rome and, in a capacity of visiting professor, he has served at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nagasaki, Prague and Cordoba.

On 16 November 2011, Prime Minister Mario Monti appointed him Minister of Education.

== Education ==

Francesco Profumo graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Torino Polytechnic in 1977. 

== Notable Work ==

Profumo is a member of several scientific engineering bodies and has made approx. 250 scientific contributions published in professional journals . 
He has received numerous awards, including honorary doctorates and honorary professorships and has sat on the board of several Italian companies.
Profumo has been the Coordinator or partner of several Projects in the frame of the European Commission activities (Tempus, Comett, Joule, Human, Capital and Mobility, Alfa, European Union S&T Grant Programme in Japan, Leonardo da Vinci.

== Futher Information ==

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO26audCKeE ICD Lecture "The EU Horizon 2020 Program: New Opportunities for Cross Continental Cooperation" (Berlin, September 2013).] 

== External Links and References ==

[http://www.cd-n.org/index.php?the-hon-dr-francesco-profumo ICD Talking Cultural Diplomacy]

[http://www.eni.com/attachments/innovazione-tecnologia/eni-award/la-commissione-scientifica/eng_FrancescoProfumoCV.pdf Francesco Profumo CV]
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-! colspan="2" class="n" style="text-align: center; font-size: 132%;" | Francesco Profumo
-|-
-! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Italian Minister of Education
-|-
-| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" |In office
-November 2011 – 28 April 2013
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Prime Minister
-| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Monti Mario Monti]
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
-| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariastella_Gelmini Mariastella Gelmini]
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
-| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Chiara_Carrozza Maria Chiara Carrozza]
-|-
-! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Personal details
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Born
-| 3 May 1953 (age 61)
-Savona
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Political party
-| Independent
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Alma mater
-| Torino Polytechnic
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Profession
-| Engineer
-|}
 Francesco Profumo was born May 3, 1953 in Savona, Italy. He is a former Italy's Minister of Education from 16 November 2011 to 28 April 2013.
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 [http://www.eni.com/attachments/innovazione-tecnologia/eni-award/la-commissione-scientifica/eng_FrancescoProfumoCV.pdf Francesco Profumo CV]
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-! colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;" | Academic offices
-|- style="text-align:center;"
-| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by Giovanni Del Tin
-| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Dean of Politecnico di Torino
-–2011
-| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
-Incumbent
-|-
-| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" |Preceded by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciano_Maiani Luciano Maiani]
-| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | President of National Research Council of Italy
-since 2011
-| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="2" | Succeeded by
-Incumbent
-|- style="text-align:center;"
-|-
-! colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;" | Political offices
-|- style="text-align:center;"
-| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" |Preceded by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariastella_Gelmini Mariastella Gelmini]
-| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Italian Minister of Education
--2013
-| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="2" | Succeeded by
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Chiara_Carrozza Maria Chiara Carrozza]
-|- style="text-align:center;"
-|}