Massimo D'Alema
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Massimo D'Alema (born 20 April 1949 in Rome) is the son of Giuseppe D'Alema (an esteemed communist politician), is an Italian journalist and politician, a former prime minister and a former national secretary of the PDS, Partito Democratico della Sinistra.
A professional politician, in the sense that politics has been his main work during all his life, he comes from the PCI, Italian Communist Party, part of which later gave origin to his current party, and in the 1990s became Head of the government, after the "Tangentopoli" (or "Bribesville") scandals, as the leader of the "Olive Tree" leftist coalition.
In the internal life of his party, mostly during its transition from PCI to PDS, D'Alema stressed that its Communist leanings should be softened, or even replaced by an opening toward Catholic forces, somehow leaving aside the Marxist provenance.
He has been the director of "L'Unità", the official PCI's newspaper.
He is now a Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy with the Democratici di Sinistra, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries and its Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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
Career
- 1986-1989: Editor of the daily newspaper 'L'Unità'
- 1975-1980: National Secretary of the FGCI
- 1981-1986: Regional Secretary of the PCI in Apulia
- 1986-1982: 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
- 1970-1976: Town councillor of Pisa
- 1985-1987: Regional Councillor of Apulia
- 1987-2004: Chairman of the parliamentary group
- 1992-1994: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
- 1996-1998: Chairman of the committee for constitutional reform
- 1998-2000: Prime Minister
- 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)
External links
- Personal website (http://www.massimodalema.it/)
- A biography in Spanish (http://www.cidob.org/bios/castellano/lideres/d-033.htm)
- Template:EP MEP info/6th term
- Template:Declaration of financial interests of the 6th term
| Preceded by: Romano Prodi | Prime Minister of Italy 1998–2000 | Succeeded by: Giuliano Amato Template:End boxde:Massimo D'Alema fr:Massimo D'Alema it:Massimo d'Alema nl:Massimo D'Alema ja:マッシモ・ダレマ |