Vito Gnutti

Vito Gnutti (14 September 1939 – 6 December 2008) was an Italian politician.

Vito Gnutti
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship
In office 10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995
Preceded by	Paolo Savona
Succeeded by	Alberto Clò
Member of the Senate
In office 9 May 1996 – 29 May 2001
Constituency	Lombardy
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 23 April 1992 – 8 May 1996
Constituency	XII Lumezzane
Personal details
Born	(1939-09-14)14 September 1939 Lumezzane, Lombardy, Italy
Died	6 December 2008(2008-12-06) (aged 69) Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
Political party	LN (1991–1999) ApE (2000–2001) DE (2001–2002)
Profession	Politician, entrepreneur

Biography

A member of the Executive Committee of Confindustria, in 1991 Gnutti joined the Northern League. He has been MP from 1992 to 2001 and in 1994 he served as Minister of industry, commerce and craftsmanship in the Berlusconi I Cabinet. He held the position of group leader of the Northern League in the Chamber from 1995 to 1996.

In 1999 Gnutti was expelled from the Northern League, so he founded in 2000, along with Domenico Comino, the ApE;^[1][2] he later joined the European Democracy, of which he was president of the parliamentary group.

He died in 2008, after a long illness.^[3]