Francesco Rutelli
Francesco Rutelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Minister of the Environment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 28 April 1993 – 4 May 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Valdo Spini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Valdo Spini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mayor of Rome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 6 December 1993 – 8 January 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Franco Carraro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Walter Veltroni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rome, Italy | 14 June 1954||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | PR (1972–1989) VA (1989–1990) FdV (1990–1999) Dem (1999–2002) DL (2002–2007) PD (2007–2009) ApI (2009–2016) PDE (since 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Barbara Palombelli (m. 1982) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
University of Rome La Sapienza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Francesco Rutelli (born 14 June 1954) is an Italian journalist and former politician, who is the president of ANICA National Association of Film and Audiovisual Industry, since October 2016 and re-elected for the 2020–2022 term, plus ANICA Servizi. He's the legal representative of MIA (Italian Audiovisual Market).
He also chairs the "Centro per un Futuro Sostenibile" (Centre for a Sustainable Future – a bipartisan think tank on climate change and environmental issues).
Biography
Born in Rome, he entered politics joining the
First elected as deputy in 1983, confirming his office in 1987 and 1992, he then joined the Federation of the Greens in the late 1980s, becoming one of the party's leading figures, and developing new environmental campaigns.
He was then chosen as
He also served as a Member of European Parliament from 1999 to 2004. There he's been committed to promote initiatives for the abolition of death penalty,[6] freedom of information improvement[7] and against corruption.[8] From the mid-1990s onwards his views appeared increasingly moderate.
Rutelli was defeated by
Francesco Rutelli's role in the Daisy – a party with strong ties with Italian Christian heritage – is considered by his opponents a singular upshot after a fairly erratic journey within Italian progressive politics, mainly because of his past social-libertarian and green experiences.
In 2006 he was named Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Culture in the
In February 2008 he announced his intention to run again as mayor of Rome leading a local centre-left coalition, but lost the local elections on 28 April 2008 against centre-right Gianni Alemanno.
In October 2009 he announced his intention to leave the
He has been again elected to the Camera dei Deputati in 2001 and 2006, and to the Senate in 2008, when he became the Chairman of COPASIR (Parliamentary Committee of Overview on Intelligence), where he drafted and published reports on human trafficking as a strategic threat, and the first Report to the Parliament and the Government on Cyberspace and its implications for national security.
International
Rutelli founded the
He is now the President of the political foundation affiliated to the EDP, the Institute of European Democrats.[9]
He has been elected to the
Serving in the Italian Parliament, he has been member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He also chaired for two terms the Human Rights Committee in the Chamber of Deputies.[10]
He got a Diploma in International Organizations from the Italian Society for International Organization, SIOI. He also has been the Honorary President (2013-2014) of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (Berlin).[11] He promoted the "Cultural and Creative Industries Italy-China " Forums (Beijing, 2014; Milan, Venice, 2015). He co-chaired (2015) the Silk Road Cities Alliance (Beijing).[1]
Rutelli quit University in 1977; 40 years later, at the age of 62, a degree in Landscape and environmental planning and design, with highest grade and honors by Università La Sapienza and Tuscia University.
Culture
His family has ancestral ties with culture and the arts, rooted in the regions of Marche, Emilia, Sicily and Rome.
Mario Rutelli (his great-grandfather) was the author of the Najadi Fountain in Rome (1901), the Anita Garibaldi's Monument, and dozens of public and private sculptures; among them, some of the most important monuments in Palermo (Sicily). Another great-grandfather, Felice Martini from Parma, was the Architect of the latest renovation (1873) of the historic Arsenale in Venice. Grandfather Ottavio Marini was the Director of Antiquities and Belle Arti of the Italian Government (1910s-1920s). The Rutelli family, in Palermo, is associated to many relevant developments: the construction of Teatro Massimo, the buildings in via Roma and on the seaside, Mondello's liberty buildings.
In the last twenty years, as Mayor of Rome and, furtherly, as Minister of Culture,[12] Francesco Rutelli has contributed to the creation and development of many crucial infrastructures, cultural institutions, museums and galleries in Italy. Among them, the Auditorium-Città della Musica (an institution awaited in Rome for 60 years, designed by Renzo Piano), the MAXXI Museum, the new Ara Pacis shrine/museum, a vast restoration and archeological excavation program and the opening of over 20 museums and exhibition spaces in Rome, including the National Gallery of Ancient Art, the Civic Gallery of Modern Art (later renamed MACRO) and the Scuderie del Quirinale complex. He oversaw the restoration of San Carlo Theatre (Naples) and Petruzzelli Theatre (Bari), the construction of the new Maggio Fiorentino Auditorium (Florence), the radical restructuring of Museo Archeologico di Reggio Calabria and the conclusion of the Reggia di Venaria (Torino) restoration. He enacted a new Landscape Code and a new tax credit/tax shelter system that revitalized the movie industry. He established the Teatro Festival in Naples and re-launched the International Festival of Spoleto. He promoted the first (and only) White Book on Italian creative industries.
Francesco Rutelli led a significant Cultural Diplomacy strategy for Italy, and through successful negotiations managed the recovery of priceless stolen crafts and historical masterpieces, in the UNESCO Conventions framework, in cooperation with international museums and cultural institutions, developing new agreements on lending policies and scientific cooperation.
In 2016, Olivetti Company, owned by
Personal life
Rutelli is married to Barbara Palombelli , a radio (Rai Radio 2) and television journalist for the Italian broadcasting company Mediaset; they have four children, 3 of which are adopted. After a period of skepticism, now he considers himself Catholic.[14]
Rutelli is a supporter of
Electoral history
Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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1983 | Chamber of Deputies | Rome–Viterbo–Latina–Frosinone | PR | 3,648 | Elected | |
1987 | Chamber of Deputies | Naples–Caserta | PR | 16,040 | Elected | |
1992 | Chamber of Deputies | Rome–Viterbo–Latina–Frosinone | FdV | 10,900 | Elected | |
2001 | Chamber of Deputies | Rome – Prenestino Labicano | Ulivo
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36,457 | Elected | |
2006 | Chamber of Deputies | Lazio 1 | Ulivo
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–[a] | Elected | |
2008 | Senate of the Republic | Umbria | PD | –[a] | Elected |
- ^ a b Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.
References
- ^ a b "Francesco Rutelli Biography". www.francescorutelli.it. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Voti Sindaco primo turno". Elezioni.comune.roma.it. 18 November 1997. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ^ "History". La Margherita (in Italian). Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "I Ministri del governo Prodi II". Governo Italiano (in Italian). Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ^ "Home". Priorità Cultura. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Risoluzione del Parlamento europeo sulla pena di morte nel mondo e l'instaurazione di una giornata europea contro la pena di morte" [European Parliament resolution on the death penalty in the world and the establishment of a European day against the death penalty]. European Parliament (in Italian). 4 July 2001.
- ^ "Written question - Freedom and pluralism of information - E-1444/2003". European Parliament. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ^ "Relazione sulla comunicazione della Commissione al Consiglio, al Parlamento europeo e al Comitato economico e sociale europeo "lotta contro la corruzione: strumenti e raccomandazioni" (COM(2003) 317 – 2003/2154(INI))" [Report on the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee "fight against corruption: tools and recommendations"]. European Parliament (in Italian). 4 November 2003.
- ^ "Board of Directors". IED Institute of European Democrats. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "La Commissione per i Diritti Umani". Parlamento Italiano (in Italian).
- ^ "The Hon. Francesco Rutelli". Institute for Cultural Diplomacy. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Rutèlli, Francesco". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Olivetti design contest 2016: Francesco Rutelli presidente della giuria". Gruppo TIM. 3 February 2016.
- ^ Giordano, Lucio (12 May 2023). "Il dolore per aver perso mia madre mi allontanò da Dio, ora credo e Lo ringrazio". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 19. pp. 84–87.
- ^ Orefice, Benedetta (28 January 2016). "Rutelli: 'Io unico sindaco a dichiararmi laziale. A Roma c'è un rapporto di 7 a 1 con i tifosi giallorossi...'". La Lazio siamo noi (in Italian). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Personal Page in the Italian Parliament web site
- Media related to Francesco Rutelli at Wikimedia Commons