Renato Brunetta

Renato Brunetta (born May 15, 1950 in Venice) is an Italian economist and politician who was minister for public administration and innovation from May 2008 to November 2011 in the Berlusconi government. He is currently the head of Forza Italia's group of deputies in the Chamber of Deputies.

Renato Brunetta
Minister of Public Administration and Innovation
In office
8 May 2008 – 16 November 2011
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byLuigi Nicolais
Succeeded byFilippo Patroni Griffi
Member of the
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
23 April 2008
ConstituencyVeneto II
Member of the European Parliament
for North-East Italy
In office
20 July 2004 – 28 April 2008
In office
20 July 1999 – 19 July 2004
Personal details
Born (1950-05-15) 15 May 1950
Venice, Italy
NationalityItalian
Political partyForza Italia
(2013-present)
Other political
affiliations		Italian Socialist Party
(1983-1994)
Forza Italia
(1994-2009)
The People of Freedom
(2009-2013)
Spouse(s)Titti Giovannoni
Alma materUniversity of Padua
ProfessionEconomist
Politician
Websitehttp://www.renatobrunetta.it/

Childhood

Son of a Hawker and the youngest of three brothers, Renato Brunetta grew up in Venice.[1] He says that as a boy he cultivated his own initiative classical studies with excellent results, despite a social gap should seem to differentiate it from the companions of Liceo Foscarini.

Political activity

He is a former member of the Italian Socialist Party, Member of the European Parliament for the North-East from 2004 to 2009 with the Forza Italia, part of the European People's Party, and vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Career
  • Economic adviser for three Italian Prime Ministers (Craxi, Amato, Ciampi), and a professor of Labour Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
  • From 1985 to 1989, vice-chairman of the Labour and Social Affairs Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (in Paris).
  • From 1983 to 1987 he was Ministry of Labour official responsible for all the strategies for employment and incomes policy.
  • In 1989 founded the European Association of Labour Economists, of which he is the first chairman.
  • In the 1980s and 1990s worked as an economic adviser to the Bettino Craxi, Giuliano Amato, and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi governments.
  • From 1999 to 2008: Member of the European Parliament.
  • Founder and editor of the journal Labour - Review of labour economics and industrial relations, he also wrote for the newspapers Il Sole 24 Ore, Il Giornale, and Avanti!.

Awards
  • 1988 - Saint Vincent Prize - Journalism[2]
  • 1992 - Ezio Tarantelli prize - Best work of labor economics[3]
  • 1994 - Prize Scanno - Best work of industrial relations[4]
  • 2002 - International Prize Rudolph Valentino - Economy, finance and communication[5]

See also

Notes
  1. Cazzullo, Aldo (June 15, 2008). "Brunetta: io ministro ma vendevo gondolette". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved November 26, 2009.
  2. Brunetta, Renato (1996). Microeconomia del lavoro. Teorie e analisi empiriche. Venice: Marsilio Editori.
  3. Brunetta, Renato (1992). Disocupazione, isteresi e irreversibilità. Per una nuova interpretazione del mercato del lavoro. Milan: ETASLIBRI.
  4. Brunetta, Renato (1994). La fine della società dei salariati. Venice: Marsilio Editori.
  5. "Register of winnersi". Archived from the original on 2007-01-15.
Political offices
Preceded by
Luigi Nicolais		 Italian Minister of Public Administration and Innovation
2008 – 2011		 Succeeded by
Filippo Patroni Griffi
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Preceded by
Title jointly held		 Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Legislatures:
XVI
2008 – present		 Incumbent


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