Piero Bassetti

Piero Bassetti     (politician, sprinter)
Born	20 December 1928 Milan, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	Bocconi University, Cornell University, London School of Economics
Member of	Trilateral Commission
Party	Christian Democracy (Italy)
Italian politician who attended Bilderberg/1966 as an up-and-coming politician and Bilderberg/1983 as President of the Union of Italian Chambers of Commerce.  Member of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) In office 1976 - 1982  Lombardy/President In office 29 July 1970 - 27 June 1974

Piero Bassetti is an Italian Christian Democracy politician, business lobbyist and sprinter. He attended Bilderberg/1966 as an up-and-coming politician connected to the spooky editor and fellow Bilderberger Fabio Luca Cavazza; and Bilderberg/1983 as President of the Union of Italian Chambers of Commerce.

Education

He graduated in Economics from Luigi Bocconi University, studied in the United States at Cornell University and in the United Kingdom at the London School of Economics.

In 1948 he participated in the London Olympics as a reserve of the relay 4x100, which finished third in the final.

Career

An entrepreneur coming from a middle-class family, Bassetti joined the party Christian Democracy (DC), in 1947.

At the end of 1963, Bassetti together with fellow Bilderberger Fabio Luca Cavazza created the company Misura, specialized in market research and demographic surveys. Cavazza was an Italian magazine editor who had close connections to the United States Information Service and to large philanthropic foundations (and CIA-cutouts) like the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation. His magazine, Il Mulino played a large role in the cultural cold war as part of the non-communist left and to spread a positive image of the United States among intellectuals.

In the 60s he was part of the scientific committee of the Lombrad Institute of Economic and Social Studies.

He was a councilor and assessor for the budget of the city of Milan from 1956 to 1970. In the first regional elections of 1970 he was elected first President of the Lombardy Region, from 1970 to 1974, at the head of a government composed of DC, the Socialist Party, PSDI, and Republican Party.

A new government chaired by him and composed of members of the same parties took office a year after the first election. In 1971, under his presidency, the first Statute of the Region was approved.

In the local elections of 1993 he was a candidate for mayor ofMilan. As a defeated mayoral candidate he remained on the city council until 1997.

In 2011 he founded the " initiative group for 51%", a committee made up of 51 personalities known in Milan and with the aim of obtaining the desired percentage, to win the local elections for the Municipality of Milan, against the spirit of Berlusconi.

In 1982 he resigned as deputy shortly after re-election, to assume the position of President of the Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture of Milan. In 1997 he was replaced, after 15 years of management, by Carlo Sangalli. From 1983 to 1992 he was simultaneously President of the Union of Italian Chambers of Commerce (Unioncamere).

Then, from 1993 to 1999, he was President of the Association of Italian Chambers of Commerce Abroad (CCIE).

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1966	25 March 1966	27 March 1966	Germany Wiesbaden Hotel Nassauer Hof	Top of the agenda of the 15th Bilderberg in Wiesbaden, Germany, was the restructuring of NATO. Since this discussion was held, all permanent holders of the position of NATO Secretary General have attended at least one Bilderberg conference prior to their appointment.
Bilderberg/1983	13 May 1983	15 May 1983	Canada Quebec Château Montebello	The 31st Bilderberg, held in Canada

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