Massimo D'Alema

Massimo D'Alema (born on April 20, 1949 in Rome, Italy), the son of Giuseppe D'Alema (an esteemed communist politician), is an Italian journalist and politician, a former prime minister and a former national secretary of the PDS, Partito Democratico della Sinistra.

Career

Party

• 1975-1980: National Secretary of the FGCI
• 1981-1986: Regional Secretary of the PCI in Apulia
• 1986-1989: Editor of the daily newspaper L'Unità
• 1986-1992: Member of the PCI/PDS national secretariat
• 1992-1994: Chairman of the PDS Members of Parliament
• 1994-1999: leader of the PDS-DS
• Chairman of the DS
• since 1996: Vice-Chairman of the Socialist International

Institutions

• 1970-1976: Town councillor of Pisa
• 1985-1987: Regional Councillor of Apulia
• 1987-2004: Chairman of the parliamentary group
• 1992-1994: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
• 1996-1998: Chairman of the committee for constitutional reform
• 1998-2000: Prime Minister

Awards

• Supreme awards (from the Republic of Chile, South Korea, and Palestine)
• Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)

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