Antonio Martino
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Antonio Martino | |
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Minister of Defence | |
In office 11 June 2001 – 17 May 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
Preceded by | Sergio Mattarella |
Succeeded by | Arturo Parisi |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995 | |
Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
Preceded by | Leopoldo Elia |
Succeeded by | Susanna Agnelli |
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 10 April 1994 – 22 March 2018 | |
Constituency | Sicily |
Personal details | |
Born | Messina, Italy | 22 December 1942
Nationality | Italian |
Political party | Italian Liberal Party (1968–1994) Forza Italia (1994–2009) The People of Freedom (2009–2013) Forza Italia (2013–present) |
Spouse(s) | Carol Erickson |
Alma mater | University of Messina, University of Chicago |
Profession | Teacher, economist |
Antonio Martino (born 22 December 1942) is an Italian politician, who was the minister of foreign affairs in 1994 and minister of defense from 2001 to 2006. He is a founding member of Forza Italia.
Career[]
Born in Messina, he is the son of Gaetano Martino, former Foreign Minister and prominent member of the late Italian Liberal Party (PLI). In mid-the 1980s he was unsuccessful candidate for the post of PLI secretary. A member of the Italian Parliament, he was first elected in 1994, re-elected in 1996 and 2001.
Since 1992 and for many years, Martino has been a professor of Economics in the Political Science Department at the LUISS University of Rome (currently on Parliamentary leave). He is author of 11 books and over 150 papers and articles on economic theory and policy. He has been a frequent contributor to Italian and international magazines and newspapers (Il Giornale, for example), as well as Italian and international television and radio programs.
In 1988–1990, Martino was President of the Mont Pelerin Society, an international society of classical liberals, founded in 1947 by Nobel Prize Winner Friedrich A. Hayek. In the Nineties, he wrote a book in Italian language, Stato Padrone, where he explains his free-market ideas.
He was minister of Foreign Affairs in the first Berlusconi cabinet (1994–95) and minister of Defense when Berlusconi came back to power (2001–2006). Martino is very close to Michael Ledeen.[1]
In 2004 he was the main promoter of the advance of the suspension of compulsory military service, formally decided already in 2001, but which was to begin in 2007: military service was thus suspended indefinitely from 1 January 2005 (Martino Law), also exempting all those who had obtained postponements for study or other reasons. In parallel, he promoted an acceleration in the development of the already present army of professional volunteers.
He is Secretary of the Scientific Committee of the Italy-USA Foundation.
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References[]
- ^ Unger, Craig (July 2006). "The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed: The Bush administration invaded Iraq claiming Saddam Hussein had tried to buy yellowcake uranium in Niger. As much of Washington knew, and the world soon learned, the charge was false. Worse, it appears to have been the cornerstone of a highly successful "black propaganda" campaign with links to the White House. (page 7)". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
External links[]
A. Martino, Stato Padrone, Sperling&Kupfer, Milan 1997.
- 1942 births
- Foreign ministers of Italy
- Forza Italia politicians
- Italian economists
- Journalists from Sicily
- Italian male journalists
- Italian Liberal Party politicians
- 20th-century Italian politicians
- Italian Ministers of Defence
- Living people
- Politicians from Messina
- Propaganda Due
- The People of Freedom politicians
- 21st-century Italian politicians
- The People of Freedom Party politician stubs