Giuliano Amato
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Prime Minister of Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
President | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Massimo D'Alema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Silvio Berlusconi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 28 June 1992 – 29 April 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
President | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Giulio Andreotti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy Prime Minister of Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 29 July 1987 – 13 April 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Giovanni Goria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Arnaldo Forlani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Gianni De Michelis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Turin, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy | 13 May 1938||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | PSI (before 1994) Independent (1994–2007; since 2008) PD (2007–2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Diana Vincenzi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Pisa Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies Columbia University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Giuliano Amato OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈljaːno aˈmaːto]; born 13 May 1938) is an Italian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy, first from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2001. Upon Arnaldo Forlani's death in July 2023, Amato became the country's earliest-serving Prime Minister.
Later, he was Vice President of the
Biography
Born in
Amato began his political career in 1958 when he joined the Italian Socialist Party. He was a Member of Parliament from 1983 to 1993. He was Undersecretary of State to the Prime Minister's office from 1983 to 1987, Deputy Prime Minister from 1987 to 1988, and Minister for the Treasury from 1987 to 1989.[citation needed]
From June 1992 to April 1993, Amato served as Prime Minister. During those ten months, a series of corruption scandals rocked Italy and swept away almost an entire class of political leaders. Amato himself was never implicated, notwithstanding how close he was to Bettino Craxi, a central figure in the corruption system.[citation needed]
As Prime Minister, Amato responded effectively to two
At a point, his government was harshly contested because of a decree that suddenly moved the competence for corruption investigations into the hands of the police, which, being controlled directly by the government, would have not been independent. Fearing that the new system would have effectively blocked investigations of political corruption, Italians took to the streets in massive, spontaneous rallies. President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro refused to sign the decree, deeming it blatantly unconstitutional. While his justice minister Giovanni Conso took the blame, it has been disputed whether Amato was a victim of circumstances or whether he really wanted to save the corruption-ridden system.[citation needed]
At the end of his period as Prime Minister, Amato gave a speech to the Parliament in which he solemnly promised that at the end of his term, he would retire from politics, stressing that his was a true commitment and that he would not break this promise as some politicians (whom he characterized as "
Amato was President of the Italian
Amato served as Prime Minister again from April 2000 to May 2001. He promoted economic competitiveness as well as social protection. In addition to economic reforms, he pushed ahead with political and institutional reforms, trying to deal with a weak executive and fragmented legislature.[citation needed]
In December 2001, European Union leaders at the European Council in Laeken appointed Amato and former Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene to be Vice Presidents of the Convention on the Future of Europe to assist former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in the drafting of the new European Constitution. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002.[4]
Amato was a Member of the Senate representing the constituency of
Since 2010, he also leads advanced seminar classes at the Master in International Public Affairs of the LUISS School of Government.[citation needed]
On 12 September 2013, President Giorgio Napolitano appointed Amato as judge on the Constitutional Court of Italy, where he has served since then.[5] On 16 September 2020 Amato ran for the position of President of the Constitutional Court, but lost in the second round of voting against Mario Rosario Morelli who obtained nine votes, while Giancarlo Coraggio obtained five and Amato received one.[6] He was subsequently made Vice President by Morelli.[7] He was confirmed in this position by Coraggio who became president in December 2020.[8]
Amato is married to Diana Vincenzi, a professor of Family Law at the University of Rome. They have two children, Elisa and Lorenzo, and five grandchildren, Giulia, Marco, Simone, Elena and Irene. As of September 2020, Amato is a member of the Italian Aspen Institute.[9]
World Justice Project
Giuliano Amato serves as an Honorary Co-chair for the
President of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
In 2012 Giuliano Amato was appointed as President of the
He was appointed as President of the
He resigned from his post at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies after being appointed to the Constitutional Court in September 2013.Personal views
In 2011, Amato declared that Italian creativity is not supported by an adequate efficiency of the organization of its public and private entities. He believes it had a role in the lost hope in the future and in the sense of a common national identity, as well as it had not been yet perfectioned as a whole in a way that was congruent with its essence. That loss had favoured the flourishing of xenophobia and purported regional identities, such as the Lega Nord movement.[13]
Amato thinks that the
Electoral history
Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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1983 | Chamber of Deputies | Turin–Novara–Vercelli | PSI | 32,525 | Elected | |
1987 | Chamber of Deputies | Turin–Novara–Vercelli | PSI | 50,816 | Elected | |
1992 | Chamber of Deputies | Siena–Arezzo–Grosseto | PSI | 32,961 | Elected | |
2001 | Senate of the Republic | Grosseto | Ulivo | 83,805 | Elected | |
2006 | Chamber of Deputies | Tuscany | Ulivo | –[a] | Elected |
- ^ Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.
First-past-the-post elections
2001 general election (S): Tuscany — Grosseto | ||||
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Candidate | Coalition | Votes | % | |
Giuliano Amato | The Olive Tree | 83,805 | 48.1 | |
Franco Mugnai | House of Freedoms | 73,921 | 42.4 | |
Others | 16,437 | 9.5 | ||
Total | 174,163 | 100.0 |
Honour
References
- ^ "Corte costituzionale -". www.cortecostituzionale.it. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Giuliano Amato Italy's new Prime Minister". Cosmopolis. 6. May 2000. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ Hawk B. Giuliano Amato, Antitrust and the Bounds of Power. Fordham International Law Journal [serial online]. 1998;21(4):1670-1675.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ "Ex-premier Amato appointed to Constitutional Court". Ansa. 12 September 2013. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.
- ^ "Corte Costituzionale, Mario Morelli nuovo presidente: prende il posto di Marta Cartabia. Ma la Consulta si è divisa" (in Italian). Il Messagero. 16 September 2020. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Mario Rosario Morelli eletto Presidente della Corte Constituzionale" (PDF) (in Italian). Constitutional Court of Italy. 16 September 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Constitutional Court: the judge Giancarlo Coraggio, elected with the unanimity of votes, will be in charge until 22 January 2022" (in Italian). 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ executive Committee, aspeninstitute.it/
- ^ "Honorary Chairs". The World Justice Project. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ a b Giuliano Amato designato Presidente della Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna at SSSUP
- ^ a b Giuliano Amato nuovo presidente della Scuola Sant'Anna at Il Tirreno
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- ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it. Retrieved 24 October 2022.