Gianni De Michelis

Gianni De Michelis   (politician)
Born	1940-09-26 Venice, Italy
Died	11 May 2019 (Age 78)
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	University of Padua
Religion	Methodist
Criminal convictions	• corruption • Mani Pulite
Member of	Aspen Institute Italia
Party	Italian Socialist Party, Socialist Party – New PSI, Socialist Party (2007)
Attended the 1991 Bilderberg as Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs  Member of the European Parliament In office 20 July 2004 - 14 July 2009 Preceded by Mário SoaresPat Cox Succeeded by William Dartmouth, William Dartmouth, Julie Girling, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Michèle Rivasi, David Sassoli, Nikki Sinclaire, Kay Swinburne  Italy/Minister of Foreign Affairs In office 22 July 1989 - 28 June 1992  Italy/Minister/Labour In office 4 August 1983 - 17 April 1987  Deputy Prime Minister of Italy In office 13 April 1988 - 22 July 1989 Boss Ciriaco De Mita  Member of the Chamber of Deputies In office 5 July 1976 - 14 April 1994

Gianni De Michelis was an Italian politician who as Minister for Foreign Affairs was on the panel about Yugoslavia in the 1991 Bilderberg.

Biography

De Michelis was born in Venice in 1940. He graduated in 1963 in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Padua.

Career

He began his academic career, first as an assistant and then as a lecturer, becoming an associate professor of Chemistry in 1980 at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice. After a long leave due to political and institutional commitments, he returned to university teaching from 1994 to 1999.

He started his political career with the Italian Socialist Party, where he was elected to the municipal council of Venice. He got elected for the first time to the Italian Parliament in 1976 and was elected again in 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992 and 2006. He was Minister of State Holdings from 1980 to 1983. He then became Minister of Work in 1986 (with Bettino Craxi as President of the Council). His career however reached the top with his nomination to the Vice-Presidency of the Council in 1988-1989. He became Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1989 and kept that post until 1992.

Between 1993 and 2001, during Mani Pulite, he was accused of corruption along with many of the socialists MPs and regional administrators. Within more than 35 different trails, apart from the numerous favorable verdicts, he has been convicted of corruption and was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months (negotiated) in Venice for highways bribes in Veneto and to 6 months for illegal financing.

De Michelis was elected at the 2004 European elections as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Southern Italy.

In October 2007, De Michelis joined the newly formed Socialist Party, made up of the diaspora of the historical PSI.

==Aspen Institute De Michelis was founder and president of the Aspen Institute Italy in the eighties, and then remained its advisor. In 2015 he was appointed honorary president.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1991	6 June 1991	9 June 1991	Germany Baden-Baden Steigenberger Hotel Badischer Hof	The 39th Bilderberg, 114 guests

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