Franco Frattini
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
| 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 |
