Franco Bassanini

Franco Bassanini (born 9 May 1940) is an Italian lawyer, politician, minister,^[1] and undersecretary of state.

Franco Bassanini
Minister of Public Function and Regional Affairs
In office 22 December 1999 – 11 June 2001
Prime Minister	Massimo D'Alema Giuliano Amato
Preceded by	Angelo Piazza
Succeeded by	Franco Frattini
In office 18 May 1996 – 21 October 1998
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Giovanni Motzo
Succeeded by	Angelo Piazza
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office 9 May 1996 – 27 April 2006
Constituency	Tuscany
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 20 June 1979 – 8 May 1996
Constituency	Rome (1979–1983) Milan (1983–1996)
Personal details
Born	(1940-05-09) 9 May 1940 (age 85) Milan, Italy
Political party	PSI (before 1981) Independent (1981–1983) Independent Left (1983–1991) PDS (1991–1998) DS (1998–2007) PD (since 2007)

Career

Born in Milan, Bassanini was a deputy from 1979 to 1996 and a senator from 1996 to 2006. He served as the minister of public administration and regional affairs from 1996 to 2001 in the cabinets led by firstly Romano Prodi, then by Massimo D'Alema and lastly by Giuliano Amato.^[2]

Bassannini was president of Astrid, a think-tank specialising in the study of institutional and administrative reform. As a member of the administrative council of the ENA, he was called by Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007 to take part in the Commission pour la libération de la croissance française, presided over by Jacques Attali and designed to reform France's administration.

A member of Italy-USA Foundation, Bassanini served as the professor of constitutional law at the First University of Rome,^{[clarification needed]} and was the chairman of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. He is also on the advisory board of the Official and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), where he is regularly involved in meetings regarding the financial and monetary system.^[3]

Electoral history

Election	House	Constituency	Party		Votes	Result
1979	Chamber of Deputies	Rome–Viterbo–Latina–Frosinone		PSI	18,722	Y Elected
1983	Chamber of Deputies	Milan–Pavia		PCI	8,503	Y Elected
1987	Chamber of Deputies	Milan–Pavia		PCI	15,039	Y Elected
1992	Chamber of Deputies	Milan–Pavia		PDS	9,598	Y Elected
1994	Chamber of Deputies	Lombardy 1		PDS	–[a]	Y Elected
1996	Senate of the Republic	Tuscany – Siena		PDS	108,816	Y Elected
2001	Senate of the Republic	Tuscany – Siena		DS	94,655	Y Elected
2006	Senate of the Republic	Sicily		DS	–[b]	N Not elected

1. Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.
2. Candidate in a closed list proportional representation system.

Honours

•  Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 13 January 2015.^[4]