Carlo Calenda

Carlo Calenda
Minister of Economic Development
In office
10 May 2016 – 1 June 2018
Prime MinisterMatteo Renzi
Paolo Gentiloni
Preceded byFederica Guidi
Succeeded byLuigi Di Maio
Secretary of Action
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 February 2022
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 October 2022
ConstituencySicily
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2 July 2019 – 12 October 2022
ConstituencyNorth-East Italy
Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union
In office
21 March 2016 – 10 May 2016
Prime MinisterMatteo Renzi
Preceded byStefano Sannino
Succeeded byMaurizio Massari
Personal details
Born (1973-04-09) 9 April 1973 (age 51)
Rome, Italy
Political partyAction (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations		PCI (1980s)
SC (2013–2015)
Independent (2015–2018)
PD (2018–2019)
SpouseViolante Guidotti Bentivoglio
Children4
EducationSapienza University
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Carlo Calenda (born 9 April 1973) is an Italian business executive and politician. On 2 May 2013, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Economic Development in the government of Enrico Letta,[1] and was later confirmed in that post in the cabinet of Letta's successor, Matteo Renzi.[2]

On 20 January 2016, Renzi appointed him Italy's Permanent Representative to the European Union, an office he took up on March 21 that year.[3] This appointment was criticised by both the opposition and Italian diplomats, because the office of Permanent Representative had always been held by a diplomat and not by a politician such as Calenda.[4][5]

  1. ^ Consiglio dei Ministri
  2. ^ Che tristezza quella felicità nella svendita dell’Italia
  3. ^ Carlo Calenda è il nuovo rappresentante dell'Italia a Bruxelles. Gentiloni: "Scelta eccezionale"
  4. ^ La protesta degli ambasciatori, a disagio per il caso Calenda. Le lettere al capo del governo
  5. ^ Calenda a Bruxelles? Una misura eccezionale, come nel dopoguerra