Everything about Francesco Rutelli totally explained
Francesco Rutelli, MP (born
June 14 1954,
Rome, Italy) is an
Italian politician, formerly
Mayor of Rome, and former president of the centrist party
Democracy is Freedom - Daisy. He was the Minister of Culture and Tourism in the
cabinet of Prime Minister
Romano Prodi. In
2008 Rutelli ran unsuccessfully for a new term as Mayor of Rome after the resignation of
Walter Veltroni.
Biography
Rutelli was originally an artist. In the mid-1970s he took part in some collective exhibitions in Roman art galleries, where he showed his surrealist collages. He entered politics joining the
Italian Radicals party, for which he was then elected secretary in
1980, aged 26. With the Italian Radicals, Rutelli championed libertarian and secular policies such as legalising abortion, the legalisation of cannabis and unilateral disarmament. First elected as deputy in
1983, confirming his office in
1987 and
1992, he then joined the
Federation of the Greens in the late
1980s, becoming one of the party's leading figures, and embracing environmental campaigns.
He was then chosen as Ministry of Environment and Urban Areas in
1993, although he resigned after one day in the post. That same year, he was first elected Mayor of Rome as centre-left coalition candidate, defeating centre-right candidate
Gianfranco Fini. He held the position until 2001.
He also served as European Deputy from
1999 to
2004. From the mid-1990s onwards his views appeared increasingly closer to the centre of the Italian political spectrum, accommodating policies normally associated with the Catholic Centre and the Vatican.
In
2001, he was defeated by
Silvio Berlusconi in the general election as candidate premier for the centre-left
Olive Tree coalition of parties. He was also one of the founders of the
Democrats, which became part of
Democracy is Freedom – Daisy. Rutelli led the party until merged into the
Democratic Party on
14 October 2007.
Francesco Rutelli's role in the Daisy - a party with strong ties with Italian Christian heritage - is often considered a singular achievement after a fairly erratic journey within Italian progressive politics, mainly because of his past social-libertarian and green experiences.
In
2006 he was named Minister of Welfare and Cultural Activities in the of
cabinet of Romano Prodi during Prodi's second term as
Italian Prime Minister.
In
February 2008 he announced his intention to run again as
mayor of
Rome leading a local centre-left coalition, but lost the local elections on
28 April 2008 against centre-right
Gianni Alemanno.
Miscellaneous
- Rutelli is a supporter of Roman football club S.S. Lazio.
- Rutelli's wife, Barbara Palombelli, is a television journalist for the Italian broadcasting stations Rai and Mediaset (owned by the leader of the center-right party People of Freedom Silvio Berlusconi).
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