Gianni Letta
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Gianni Letta Secretary of the Council of Ministers | |
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In office 8 May 2008 – 16 November 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
Preceded by | Enrico Letta |
Succeeded by | Antonio Catricalà |
In office 11 June 2001 – 17 May 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
Preceded by | Enrico Luigi Micheli |
Succeeded by | Enrico Letta |
In office 10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995 | |
Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
Preceded by | Antonio Maccanico |
Succeeded by | Lamberto Cardia |
Personal details | |
Born | Avezzano, Italy | 15 April 1935
Political party | PSDI (before 1994) FI (1994–2009) PdL (2009–2013) FI (since 2013) |
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Spouse | Maddalena Marignetti |
Children | 2 |
Giovanni "Gianni" Letta (born 15 April 1935) is an Italian journalist and politician. He was a close advisor of Silvio Berlusconi and is a member of the advisory board of Goldman Sachs International.
Biography
After graduating in law, he started working as a journalist for several daily newspapers, as well as RAI and ANSA.
He was editor-in-law of
After Berlusconi's entry into politics, Letta became undersecretary of the first government led by Berlusconi in 1994, an office he took again from 2001 to 2006, and from 2008 to 2011. In 2010
In 2006, Berlusconi nominated him as the
On 18 June 2007, Letta was made a member of the advisory board of
He received the America Award of the
Honours and awards
- Italy: Grand Cross Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2002)
- Vatican City: Knight Grand Cross of the Pian Order (2005)
- Vatican City: Papal gentleman (2008)
- France: Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour (2009)
- Italy: Gold Collar for Sporting Merit (2015)
References
- ^ a b Messia, Hada (4 January 2010). "Vatican slams Berlusconi over anti-Semitic, sexist jokes". CNN. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ a b c "Goldman Sachs arruola Gianni Letta". Corriere della Sera. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ executive Committee Archived 2010-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, aspeninstitute.it/