Franco Frattini

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Franco Frattini, President of the ICD Organization for Youth Education & Development; Former Foreign Minister of Italy speaking at The Berlin Inaugural Event of the Cross Continental Cooperation Summit 2013 (Berlin; September 25th - 27th, 2013)

Franco Frattini is a prominent Italian politician and president of the Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI) as well as the Foundation Alcide De Gasperi since 2012.

Franco Frattini
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office

8 May 2008 – 16 November 2011

Prime-minister Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by Massimo D'Alema
Succeeded by Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata
In office

14 November 2002 – 18 November 2004

Prime-minister Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by Silvio Berlusconi
Succeeded by Gianfranco Fini
European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security
In office

22 November 2004 – 8 May 2008

President José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by António Vitorino
Succeeded by Jacques Barrot
Personal details
Born 14 March 1957 (age 57)

Rome, Italy

Political party Independent

Political Career

Franco Frattini has had a long political career. He is an Italian politician who served as a Junior Minister in the Berlusconi and Dina cabinets between 1994 and 1996. He was then elected to the constituency of Bolzano-Laives in northern Italy where he served until 2001. During his time in parliament he also served as City Councillor for Rome and as Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for the Supervision of Intelligence. Under the second Berlusconi administration Frattini was foreign minister between 2001 and 2004. He left this post to take up the position of European Commissioner for Justice Freedom and Security. After the election of 2008 he returned to the position of Foreign Minister where he served until the end of Berlusconi's fourth cabinet in 2011. More recently he has worked as a member of the Prime Ministers Commission for Constitutional Reforms. He is also currently President of the ICD Organization for Youth Education & Development.

Education

After graduating with a Law degree in 1979, Frattini was appointed State Prosecutor in 1981 and quickly rose to State Advocate to the Attorney General’s Office in 1984. 1984 – 1986 he served as Judge to the Piemonte Regional Administrative Court (1984-1986) and was appointed as a member of the Italian Supreme Administrative Court in 1986.

Further Information

The Berlin Inaugural Event of the Cross Continental Cooperation Summit, "The importance of Investing in Youth Education and Development to Strengthen the Cross Continental Cooperation", Berlin, September 25th - 27th 2013

Political offices
Preceded by Giuliano Urbani Minister of Civil Service and Regional Affairs

1995-1996

Succeeded by

Franco Bassanini

Preceded by Piero Barucci Minister for Public Function

2001-2002

Succeeded by

Mario Baccini

Preceded by Silvio Berlusconi Minister of Foreign Affairs

2002-2004

Succeeded by

Gianfranco Fini

Preceded by Romano Prodi and Romano Prodi Italian European Commissioner

2004-2008

Succeeded by

Antonio Tajani

Preceded by António Vitorino European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security

2004–2008

Succeeded by

Jacques Barrot

Preceded by Massimo D'Alema Minister of Foreign Affairs

2008-2011

Succeeded by

Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata

External Links and References

Italian Atlantic Committee

ICD advisory board member

Official blog