Francesco Rutelli

Francesco Rutelli
Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
In office
17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008
Prime MinisterRomano Prodi
Preceded byGianfranco Fini
Giulio Tremonti
Succeeded byAngelino Alfano
Minister of Cultural Heritage
In office
17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008
Prime MinisterRomano Prodi
Preceded byRocco Buttiglione
Succeeded bySandro Bondi
Minister of the Environment
In office
28 April 1993 – 4 May 1993
Prime MinisterCarlo Azeglio Ciampi
Preceded byValdo Spini
Succeeded byValdo Spini
Mayor of Rome
In office
6 December 1993 – 8 January 2001
Preceded byFranco Carraro
Succeeded byWalter Veltroni
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Senate
In office
29 April 2008 – 14 March 2013
ConstituencyUmbria
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
30 May 2001 – 28 April 2008
ConstituencyRome
In office
23 April 1992 – 14 January 1994
ConstituencyRome
In office
12 July 1983 – 5 July 1990
ConstituencyRome (1983–1987)
Naples (1987–1990)
Personal details
Born (1954-06-14) 14 June 1954 (age 70)
Rome, Italy
Political partyPR (1972–1989)
VA (1989–1990)
FdV (1990–1999)
Dem (1999–2002)
DL (2002–2007)
PD (2007–2009)
ApI (2009–2016)
PDE (since 2016)
Spouse
Barbara Palombelli
(m. 1982)
Alma materUniversity of Rome La Sapienza

Francesco Rutelli (born 14 June 1954) is an Italian journalist and former politician, who is the president of ANICA [it] National Association of Film and Audiovisual Industry, since October 2016 and re-elected for the 2020–2022 term, plus ANICA Servizi. He's the legal representative of MIA (Italian Audiovisual Market). He also chairs the "Centro per un Futuro Sostenibile" (Centre for a Sustainable Future – a bipartisan think tank on climate change and environmental issues).[1] He was during 15 years co-president of the European Democratic Party, a centrist European political party. He has been Mayor of Rome 1994–2001,[2] and president of the centrist party Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy 2002–2007.[3] He was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and Tourism in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Romano Prodi 2006–2008.[4] Currently he also chairs Incontro di Civiltà (Civilizations Meeting); Videocittà, Moving Images Festival (Rome, 2018–2019); Priorità Cultura[5] (Culture First) that gathers outstanding Italian personalities, engaged on Heritage conservation and promotion, contemporary arts, public-private partnership in the many fields of Culture.

  1. ^ "Francesco Rutelli Biography". www.francescorutelli.it. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Voti Sindaco primo turno". Elezioni.comune.roma.it. 18 November 1997. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  3. ^ "History". La Margherita (in Italian). Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  4. ^ "I Ministri del governo Prodi II". Governo Italiano (in Italian). Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Home". Priorità Cultura. Retrieved 6 May 2023.