Enrico Letta is an Italian

Politics of Italy

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 politician

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, and was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies

Italian Chamber of Deputies

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 in the 2006 General election

Italian general election, 2006

In the Italian general election, 2006 for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy held on April 9 and April 10, 2006 the incumbent prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the center-right House of Freedoms, was narrowly defeated by Romano Prodi, leader of the center-left The...

 for the Olive Tree  coalition. He is currently the Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Italy)

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Letta was born in Pisa

Pisa

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, where he studied at University of Pisa

University of Pisa

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 and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

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.

He was Member of the European Parliament

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 for the North-East region with the Margherita Party,
part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

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 and sat on the European Parliament

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's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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. He was also a member of the
Delegation for relations with the Maghreb

Maghreb

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 countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya

Libya

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).

Education

• 1994: Graduate
  Academic degree
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   in political sciences (University of Pisa
  University of Pisa
  The University of Pisa , located in Pisa, Tuscany, is one of the oldest universities in Italy. It was formally founded on September 3, 1343 by an edict of Pope Clement VI, although there had been lectures on law in Pisa since the 11th century...
  
  )
• 2001: PhD in European Community law
  European Union law
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   (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa is a special-statute public university located in Pisa, Italy, operating in the field of applied sciences....
  
  )
• Researcher (1991-1994) and then General Secretary (since 1994) of the AREL - Agency for Research and Legislation, Rome

Career

• 1996-1997: General Secretary of the Euro Committee of the Ministry for the Treasury
• Professor under contract to the Cattaneo Free University (2001-2003), Scuola Superiore S.Anna of Pisa (2003) and the HEC in Paris
  Paris
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• 1997-1998: National Vice-Secretary of the Italian People's Party
• since 2001: national official of the 'Margherita' party responsible for the economy
• 1991-1995: Chairman of the European Young Christian Democrats
• 2001-2004: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
• 1998-1999: Minister for Community Policies
• 1999-2000: Minister for Industry
• 2000-2001: Minister for Industry and Foreign Trade
• since 2004: Vice-Chairman of the 'ASPEN Institute Italia'
• 2006-2008: Secretary to the Council of Ministers

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)

European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Italy on 12 and 13 June 2004. Italy's highly fragmented party system made it hard to identify an overall trend, but the results were generally seen as a defeat for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and a victory for the centre-left opposition...

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