Piero Fassino

Piero Franco Rodolfo Fassino (born 7 October 1949 in Avigliana, Piedmont) is an Italian politician with the Democratic Party. He was Mayor of Turin from 2011 until 2016 and is a former national secretary of the Democrats of the Left party.[1]

Piero Fassino
38th Mayor of Turin
In office
16 May 2011 – 20 June 2016
Preceded bySergio Chiamparino
Succeeded byChiara Appendino
Minister of Justice
In office
26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001
Prime MinisterGiuliano Amato
Preceded byOliviero Diliberto
Succeeded byRoberto Castelli
Minister of Foreign Trade
In office
21 October 1998 – 26 April 2000
Prime MinisterRomano Prodi
Preceded byAugusto Fantozzi
Succeeded byEnrico Letta (Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship)
Personal details
Born (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949
Avigliana, Italy
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Anna Maria Serafini
Alma materUniversity of Turin

Early life and education

Piero Fassino was born in Avigliana (province of Turin), in a traditional socialist family. He graduated in Political Sciences.

Political career

Fassino registered with the Youth Communist Federation of Turin in 1968, becoming their secretary three years later.

In 1975 he was elected as Member of the City Council of the Piedmont regional capital, a position he remained in for ten years. From 1985 to 1990 he held a position as Provincial Councillor, also in Turin.

He was also secretary of the provincial Italian Communist Party (PCI) federation of Turin from 1983 to 1987, when he was elected as member of the National Secretary's Office of the party, first as the Secretary's Office Coordinator, then as Responsible of Organization, during the period where the party was transformed from the PCI into the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS).

From 1991 to 1996 he was International Secretary of the new party; his first election to the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of the Italian parliament) was in 1994. Re-elected in 1996, he was appointed in 1998 as Minister for Foreign Commerce in the government headed by Massimo D'Alema. From 2000, he was Minister of Justice in the Giuliano Amato government.[1]

Candidate as vice-premier of The Olive Tree coalition in a ticket with former Rome Mayor Francesco Rutelli for the 2001 general elections in Italy won by the House of Freedoms rival coalition, he was still re-elected as a Member of Parliament.

In 2001, during the National Party Congress of the Democrats of the Left, he was elected as secretary (a position of leader in Italian political parties). He was then re-elected in February 2005, during the party congress.

He received the America Award from the Italy-USA Foundation in 2010.

Other activities

Personal life

Fassino is married to Anna Maria Serafini, who was elected in Italian Senate (the second chamber of the Italian parliament) in 2006.

References
  1. Prodi Clears Final Hurdle as Deficit Pressures Mount 11 May 2006, Bloomberg L.P.. Accessed 15 April 2009. Archived 15 April 2009.
  2. Members of the Council European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
Political offices
Preceded by
Augusto Fantozzi		 Minister of Foreign Trade
1998–2000		 Succeeded by
Enrico Letta
as Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship
Preceded by
Oliviero Diliberto		 Minister of Justice
2000–2001		 Succeeded by
Roberto Castelli
Preceded by
Sergio Chiamparino		 Mayor of Turin
2011–2016		 Succeeded by
Chiara Appendino
Party political offices
Preceded by
Walter Veltroni		 Secretary of the Democrats of the Left
2001–2007		 Succeeded by
Walter Veltroni
as Secretary of the Democratic Party
Diplomatic posts
New office European Union Special Envoy for Burma
2007–present		 Succeeded by
TBD
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