Giorgio Ruffolo

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Giorgio Ruffolo
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Minister of Environment
In office
1987–1992
Prime MinisterGiovanni Goria
Ciriaco De Mita
Giulio Andreotti
Preceded byMario Pavan
Succeeded byCarlo Ripa di Meana
Personal details
Born (1926-08-14) 14 August 1926 (age 95)
Rome
NationalityItalian
Political partyItalian Socialist Party

Giorgio Ruffolo (born 14 August 1926) is an Italian economist, journalist and politician who held several government posts and was the minister of environment for five years between 1987 and 1992 in four successive cabinets. He is a member of the now defunct Italian Socialist Party and a significant socialist intellectual.[1]

Biography[]

Ruffolo was born on 14 August 1926 in Rome.[2] He headed the research and public relations department of Eni between 1956 and 1962.[3] He joined the Italian Socialist Party and was elected to the Italian Parliament in 1983.[3]

Ruffolo is the president and cofounder of the Europa Research Center (Centro Europa Ricerche), a Rome-based research institute in applied economic analysis with a special reference to the central issues for Italian and European economic policy.[4][5][6] The other founders of the institute include Antonio Pedone and Luigi Spaventa.[5] From 1987 to 1992 Ruffolo was the minister of environment.[7] He served in the European Parliament for three terms: 17 July 1979–30 September 1983; 19 July 1994–19 July 1999 and 20 July 1999–19 July 2004.[2]

He is a contributor to the Italian edition of Huffington Post and Italian newspaper La Repubblica.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ Mattia Granata (2015). "The economic policies of Italian social democracy in the post-war period (1945–1962)". Modern Italy. 20 (2): 139. doi:10.1080/13532944.2015.1028347. S2CID 143234086.
  2. ^ a b "Giorgio Ruffolo". European Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b Patrick McCarthy (1997). The Crisis of the Italian State: From the Origins of the Cold War to the Fall of Berlusconi and Beyond. St. Martin's Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-312-16359-4.
  4. ^ "Giorgio Ruffolo". Italianieuropei. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b "About Us". Centro Europa Ricerche. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. ^ Carlo Cristiano (2017). "Centro Europa Ricerche from its foundation to the end of the First Republic". History of Economic Thought and Policy (2): 83–102. doi:10.3280/SPE2017-002005.
  7. ^ a b "Giorgio Ruffolo. Biography" (in Italian). Ediesse Online. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  8. ^ "H Blog". HuffPost. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

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