Renato Brunetta

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Renato Brunetta
Minister of Public Administration
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 February 2021
Prime Minister	Mario Draghi
Preceded by	Fabiana Dadone
In office 8 May 2008 – 16 November 2011
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Filippo Patroni Griffi
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 April 2008
Constituency	Veneto II
Member of the European Parliament for North-East Italy
In office 20 July 2004 – 28 April 2008
In office 20 July 1999 – 19 July 2004
Personal details
Born	(1950-05-15) 15 May 1950 (age 71) Venice, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Forza Italia (2013-present)
Other political affiliations	Italian Socialist Party (1983-1994) Forza Italia (1994-2009) The People of Freedom (2009-2013)
Spouse(s)	Titti Giovannoni
Alma mater	University of Padua
Profession	Economist Politician
Website	http://www.renatobrunetta.it/

Renato Brunetta (born 15 May 1950 in Venice) is an Italian economist and politician who was minister for public administration and innovation from May 2008 to November 2011 in the Berlusconi government. He is currently the head of Forza Italia's group of deputies in the Chamber of Deputies. He is currently serving as minister of Public Administration in the Draghi government.

Childhood[]

Son of a street vendor and the youngest of three brothers, Renato Brunetta grew up in Venice.^[1] He says that as a boy he studied classics on his own with excellent results, despite the social gap between him and his fellow students at the Liceo Foscarini.

Political activity[]

He is a former member of the Italian Socialist Party, Member of the European Parliament for the North-East from 2004 to 2009 with the Forza Italia, part of the European People's Party, and vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Career[]

• Formerly a professor of Labour Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
• In the 1980s and 1990s he was an economics adviser to the governments of Bettino Craxi, Giuliano Amato, and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
• From 1985 to 1989, vice-chairman of the Labour and Social Affairs Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (in Paris).
• From 1983 to 1987 he was an official of the Ministry of Labour with overall responsibility for employment strategy and incomes policy.
• In 1989 he founded the , of which he is the first chairman.
• From 1999 to 2008 he was Member of the European Parliament.
• Founder and editor of the journal Labour - Review of labour economics and industrial relations, he has also written for the newspapers Il Sole 24 Ore, Il Giornale, and Avanti!.

Awards[]

• 1988 - Saint Vincent Prize - Journalism^[2]
• 1992 - Ezio Tarantelli prize - Best work of labor economics^[3]
• 1994 - Scanno Prize - Best work of industrial relations^[4]
• 2002 - Rudolph Valentino International Prize - Economy, finance and communication^[5]

See also[]

• 2004 European Parliament election in Italy

External links[]

• Personal profile of Renato Brunetta in the European Parliament's database of members
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Italian)

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