Giuliano Urbani
Giuliano Urbani | |
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Minister of Cultural Heritage | |
In office 10 June 2001 – 23 April 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
Preceded by | Giovanna Melandri |
Succeeded by | Rocco Buttiglione |
Minister for Public Administration and Regional Affairs | |
In office 11 May 1994 – 17 January 1995 | |
Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
Preceded by | Livio Paladin Sabino Cassese |
Succeeded by | Franco Frattini |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 15 April 1994 – 3 October 2005 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1937-06-09) 9 June 1937 (age 87) Perugia, Italy |
Political party | Forza Italia |
Alma mater | University of Turin |
Giuliano Urbani (born 9 June 1937) is an Italian academic and politician. He was the minister of cultural heritage from 2001 to 2005.
Early life
Urbani was born in Perugia, Umbria, on 9 June 1937.[1]
Career and activities
Urbani is an academic by profession. He taught political sciences at Bocconi University in Milan until 1994.[2] He was also a collaborator of Fininvest.[3]
He is the cofounder and a leading member of the Forza Italia led by Silvio Berlusconi.[2][4][5] He contributed to the development of the party's ideology.[4] From 11 May 1994 to 17 January 1995 he served as state minister for public administration and regional affairs in the first cabinet of Berlusconi.[1] Urbani was appointed minister of cultural heritage to the second cabinet of Prime Minister Berlusconi on 10 June 2001.[6] Urbani was in office until 23 April 2005 when he was replaced by Rocco Buttiglione in the post.[citation needed]
In addition, he served at the Italian Parliament for three successive terms from 1996 to 2005.[1] He was elected from Lombardia with the Forza Italia in all terms.[1] As of September 2020, he was a member of the Italian Aspen Institute.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d "Giuliano Urbani". Italian Parliament. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ a b Alexander Sergiyevsky (September 2004). "Interview with the Italian Minister for Culture and the Arts Giuliano Urbani" (PDF). Herald of Europe (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2021.
- ^ Paul Ginsborg (1996). The New Italian Republic: From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to Berlusconi. New York: Routledge. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-4151-2162-0.
- ^ a b John Hooper (20 August 2004). "Spectre of closure haunts the Uffizi". The Guardian. Rome. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ Louise Hemmer Phil (14 August 2002). "Italian minister: The final decisions rest with the governments". EUobserver. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "Berlusconi wins senate confidence". BBC. 20 June 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ Executive Committee Archived 9 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Aspen Institute, Retrieved 3 September 2020
External links
Media related to Giuliano Urbani at Wikimedia Commons
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Preceded by | Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage 2001–2005 | Succeeded by |