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Romano Prodi

Italian politician and economist (born 1939) · Italy · Politicians

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Il Professore - the economics academic who broke Italy's postwar pattern, became the first left-leaning candidate to win a general election in 75 years, then pivoted to Brussels to run the European Commission before returning to outlast Berlusconi a second time.

PoliticiansAcademicEconomicsPoliticsEntrepreneurshipItalyEurope20th Century

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2022Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double CrossAward2005Decoration for Exceptional MeritsAward2004Honorary Doctor of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityAward2001Viareggio-Versilia International PrizeAward1998Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the CatholicAwardHonorary Doctor of the University Polytechnic of CataloniaAward1993Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAward1939Born9 August 1939

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Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross2022
Decoration for Exceptional Merits2005
Honorary Doctor of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University2004
Viareggio-Versilia International Prize2001
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic1998
Honorary Doctor of the University Polytechnic of Catalonia1998
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1993
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Steiger Award
Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class
Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud
Honorary Doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Tirana
Honorary Doctor of the University of Halle-Wittenberg
Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain
Honorary Doctor of the University of Calcutta
Honorary Doctor of the University of Pavia

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Born 9 August 1939, Romano Prodi built a career as an economics professor and Goldman Sachs advisor before entering politics as the architect of Italy's centre-left. He led The Olive Tree coalition to victory in 1996, becoming prime minister until a confidence vote felled him in 1998. Appointed President of the European Commission in 1999, he served until 2004, then returned to Italian politics. His Union coalition defeated Silvio Berlusconi's House of Freedoms in 2006, putting him back in office - until the Senate withdrew confidence in January 2008, ending his second term. He founded the Democratic Party in 2007 and later chaired a UN peacekeeping panel; since 2021 he's served as Special Envoy for the Sahel.

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Italy
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
living
Dates
Born 1939 · age 87

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