Franco Bassanini is an Italian politician, minister and undersecretary of state.

He was a deputy

Italian Chamber of Deputies

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 from 1979 to 1996 and a senator from 1996 to 2006. He was also president of "Astrid", a think-tank specialising in the study of institutional and administrative reform. As a member of the administrative council of the ENA

École nationale d'administration

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, in 2007 he was called by Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy

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 to take part in the Commission pour la libération de la croissance française, presided over by Jacques Attali

Jacques Attali

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 and designed to reform France's administration. He is also a member of Italy-USA Foundation

Italy-USA Foundation

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