Franco Frattini

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