Massimo D'Alema
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| Onorevole Massimo D'Alema |
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| In office 17 May 2006 – May 8, 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Romano Prodi |
| Deputy | Ugo Intini Patrizia Sentinelli Franco Danieli |
| Preceded by | Gianfranco Fini |
| Succeeded by | Franco Frattini |
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| In office 21 October 1998 – 25 April 2000 |
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| President | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro Carlo Azeglio Ciampi |
| Deputy | Sergio Mattarella |
| Preceded by | Romano Prodi |
| Succeeded by | Giuliano Amato |
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| Born | April 20, 1949 Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Linda Giuva |
| Children | Giulia D'Alema Francesco D'Alema |
| Residence | Rome, Italy |
| Profession | Politician Journalist |
Massimo D'Alema (born April 20, 1949) is an Italian politician, currently Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of Italy. He is also a journalist, a former national secretary of the PDS, Partito Democratico della Sinistra, and he was the first President of the Council of Ministers coming from Italian Communist Party.
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[edit] Biography
Massimo D'Alema was born in Rome, the son of Giuseppe D'Alema, a communist politician. He is married to Linda Giuva, a professor at the University of Siena, and has two children, Giulia and Francesco.
D'Alema first step in politics were in the 1970s as secretary of the Italian Federation of Young Communists (FGCI). He later became a notable member of Italian Communist Party, part of which in 1991 gave origin to the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), and in 1998 to the Democrats of the Left (DS), his current party. In 1998, succeeding Romano Prodi, he became President of the Council (Prime minister), as the leader of the "Olive Tree" leftist coalition.
As President of the Council, he took part in the NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999. The attack was supported by Silvio Berlusconi and the right wing opposition, but the far left strongly contested it.
In the internal life of his party, mostly during its transition from PCI to PDS, D'Alema stressed that its Communist roots should be renovated, with the aim to create a modern, European, social-democratic party with no more bond with the marxist origin.
He has been the director of L'Unità, the official Communist Party's newspaper, which is now the newspaper of the Democrats of the Left.
He was Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy with the Democrats of the Left, part of the Socialist Group, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries and its Committee on Foreign Affairs, until he stood down following his election to the Chamber of Deputies.
He was initially tipped to become the next President of the Italian Republic once the Chamber of Deputies reconvenes following Romano Prodi's win in the April 2006 elections, but D'Alema himself stepped back endorsing the official candidate of the centre-left coalition Giorgio Napolitano, who then became the 11th President of the Italian Republic.
Immediately following the elections in April 2006, he was proposed as the future President of the Chamber of Deputies. The Communist Refoundation party, however, strongly pushed for Fausto Bertinotti to become the next President. After a couple of days of heated debate, D'Alema stepped back to prevent a fracture between political parties, an act applauded by his allies. The same month, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the new Prodi government.
[edit] Education
- 1967: Secondary school-leaving certificate in classical subjects
- Did not complete studies in philosophy at the famed Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.
- 1982: Professional journalist
[edit] Career
[edit] Party
- 1975-1980: National Secretary of the FGCI
- 1981-1986: Regional Secretary of the PCI in Apulia
- 1986-1989: Editor of the daily newspaper L'Unità
- 1986-1992: Member of the PCI/PDS national secretariat
- 1992-1994: Chairman of the PDS Members of Parliament
- 1994-1999: leader of the PDS-DS
- Chairman of the DS
- since 1996: Vice-Chairman of the Socialist International
[edit] Institutions
- 1970-1976: Town councillor of Pisa
- 1985-1987: Regional Councillor of Apulia
- 1987-2004: Chairman of the parliamentary group
- 1987-present: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
- 1996-1998: Chairman of the committee for constitutional reform
- 1998-2000: President of the Council of ministers
- since 2006: Minister of Foreign Affairs
[edit] Awards
- Supreme awards (from the Republic of Chile, South Korea, and Palestine)
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)
[edit] Books
Massimo D'Alema published eight books, half of which with Mondadori, which is owned by Silvio Berlusconi. He received criticism for this, as he is perceived by part of left-wingers to be too soft on Berlusconi, and the publishing of his books was seen by them as a kind of payback.
- Dialogo su Berlinguer ("Dialogue on Berlinguer"), with Paul Ginsborg, Giunti, 1994, ISBN 88-09-20545-6;
- Un paese normale. La sinistra e il futuro dell'Italia ("A normal country. The left wing and Italy's future"), Mondadori, 1995, ISBN 88-04-40847-2;
- Progettare il futuro ("Shaping the future"), Bompiani, 1996, ISBN 88-452-2883-5;
- La sinistra nell'Italia che cambia ("The left wing in the changing Italy"), Feltrinelli, 1997, ISBN 88-07-47013-6
- La grande occasione. L'Italia verso le riforme ("The great chance. Italy towards reforms"), Mondadori, 1997, ISBN 88-04-42161-4;
- Parole a vista ("Words on sight"), with Enrico Ghezzi, Bompiani, 1998, ISBN 88-452-3777-X;
- Kosovo. Gli italiani e la guerra ("Kosovo. Italians and war"), with Federico Rampini, Mondadori, 1999, ISBN 88-04-47302-9;
- Oltre la paura ("Beyond fear"), Mondadori, 2002, ISBN 88-04-51206-7.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Personal website
- Biography of Massimo D'Alema at CIDOB (Spanish)
- European Parliament biography of Massimo D'Alema (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
- DeclarationPDF of financial interests (Italian)
| Italian Chamber of Deputies | ||
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| Preceded by Title jointly held |
Deputy 1987 – present Legislatures: X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI |
Succeeded by Title jointly held |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Romano Prodi |
Prime Minister of Italy 1998 – 2000 |
Succeeded by Giuliano Amato |
| Preceded by Gianfranco Fini |
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006 – 2008 |
Succeeded by Franco Frattini |
| Preceded by Gianfranco Fini, Giulio Tremonti |
Deputy Italian Prime Minister 2006 – 2008 Served alongside: Francesco Rutelli |
Title abolished |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Achille Occhetto |
Secretary of the Democrats of the Left 1994 – 1998 |
Succeeded by Walter Veltroni |
