Minister Franco Frattini

Born in Rome 14 March 1957

CURRENT POSITIONS

• Elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the Friuli Venezia Giulia regional constituency, representing the Popolo delle Libertà (People of Freedom Coalition), in the general election of 15 April 2008
• Minister for Foreign Affairs as of 8 May 2008
• Appointed to the Council of State on January 1st 1986

EDUCATION AND PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES

• Graduated in Law in 1979
• Appointed State Prosecutor on 16 March 1981
• Appointed State Advocate with the Attorney General's Office on 1 September 1984
• Judge with the Piedmont Regional Administrative Court from 15 November 1984 until his appointment to the Council of State in 1986
• Legal Adviser to the Treasury in 1986
• Legal Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister in 1990 and 1991
• Deputy Secretary-General of the Prime Minister’s Office from 15 May 1993 to 17 May 1994 under Prime Minister Ciampi
• Secretary-General of the Prime Minister’s Office from 14 May 1994 to 17 January 1995 under Prime Minister Berlusconi
• Secretary-General of the Giulio Onesti Foundation in 1995
• Minister for the Civil Service and Regional Affairs under Prime Minister Dini from 17 January 1995 until the latter’s resignation on 18 March 1996
• Rome City Councillor from November 1997 to August 2000
• Elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the Forza Italia (Go Italy) ticket in the first-past-the post constituency of Bolzano Laives, representing the Polo per le Libertà (Freedom Pole), in the general election of 21 April 1996

During the 13th Legislature

• President of the Parliamentary Committee for Intelligence and Security Services and State Secrets (17 September 1996)
• Member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee
• Member of the Special Committee to Combat Corruption
• Member of the Legislative Committee
• Member of the Consultative Committee of both Houses for Administrative Reform
• Member of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Cermis
• Coordinator of the Standing Working Group for the Regions governed by the Casa delle Libertà (House of Freedom) coalition
• Deputy of the House of Freedom coalition, elected in the proportional constituency of Veneto 2, from May 2001 to November 2004
• Minister for Civil Service and Coordination of Information and Security Services from 11 June 2001 to 13 November 2002
• Prime Minister’s Delegate for the Coordination of the Government’s Role in Conducting the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics
• Minister for Foreign Affairs from 14 November 2002 to 18 November 2004
• President of the Commission of Ski Schools and Coaches of the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) from 1996 to April 2007
• Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security from 22 November 2004 to 7 May 2008

OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Lecturer with the Civil Law Department in the Law Faculty of Rome’s “La Sapienza” University
• Editor of legal journals
• In 1999 was appointed expert adviser to the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) on the drafting of its new federal charter
• Winter sports enthusiast and former Alpine ski instructor with in-depth experience and knowledge of the mountains and natural and geomorphic Alpine environments
• President of the private association “Osservatorio del Mediterraneo” (Mediterranean Watch)
• Honorary President of the “Circoli della Libertà” (Freedom Clubs)
• Vice President of the FISI Training Committee for the 2007-2010 triennial, re-elected in July 2008 for another term.
• Member of the Committee of Experts for the Reform of the CONI Chamber of Sport Conciliation and Arbitration

FOREIGN LANGUAGES
French and English.

PUBBLICATIONS
Franco Frattini is the author of numerous articles and comments published in law and legal practice journals (Giurisprudenza italiana, Rivista Giuridica del Lavoro, il Foro Italiano), as well as of the definition of the item “Atto Amministrativo” in the Annuario della Giurisprudenza amministrativa, ed. Maggioli, and the chapter on the historic, artistic and environmental state domain in Relazione quinquennale 1976-1980 dell’Avvocato Generale dello Stato al Presidente del Consiglio. He also:

• prepared analytic commentary on Law no. 979/1982—Measures for the Defence of the Sea—for the journal Le nuove leggi civili, CEDAM 1985;
• prepared analytic commentary on the regulations in force on public procurement to be applied by the State Schools Administration for the Rassegna trim. degli appalti, ed. Maggioli;
• wrote the chapter entitled “Spunti di riflessione sulla tutela cautelare tipica nel processo amministrativo” for the book Atti per il centenario della IV Sezione del Consiglio di Stato;
• prepared analytic commentary, published in Le nuove leggi civili, CEDAM 1988, on the provisions of articles 38, 39 and 40 of the Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods;
• co-authored, along with Carlo Panella, the book Cambiamo rotta, Edizioni Piemme 2004.