Gabriele Albertini is an Italian

Politics of Italy

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 politician

Politician

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, former Mayor of Milan and incumbent Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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 for North-Western Italy with The People of Freedom

The People of Freedom

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, part of the European People's Party

European People's Party

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, and sits in the European Parliament

European Parliament

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's Committee on Transport and Tourism

Committee on Transport and Tourism

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.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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, a vice-chair
of the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a
substitute for the Delegation for relations with the United States.

Career

• 1974-1997: Manager of Albertini Cesare Spa, a company working in the aluminium pressure die casting sector
• Various posts held
  Held
  -People:* Al Held , U.S. abstract expressionist painter.* Anna Held , Polish stage performer* Bud Held , U.S. athlete who competed primarily in the javelin.* Candice Held , Los Angeles based women's clothing designer...
  
   in the employers' organisation Confindustria
• 1987: delegate for small business on the executive board of Federmeccanica - the Italian mechanical engineering trade union federation
• 1993-1997: Vice-Chairman of Assolombarda
• 1996-1997: Chairman of Federmeccanica
• 1997-2006: Mayor
  Mayor
  In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
  
   of Milan
  Milan
  Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
  
  
• 2002-2003: Government delegate to the Municipality of Milan (since 2000) dealing with waste water depuration problems in the city of Milan
• 2001-2006: delegated by the Government to deal with the traffic and mobility emergency in the city of Milan (delegated through Ministerial Ordenance 28 December 2001 No. 3171; emergency declared through Decree 15 November 2001)

• Honours
• Honorary CBE
• Official of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic

Decorations

• Knight
  Knight
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   of the Grand Cross of the Norwegian Royal Order
• Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
• Grand Officer of the Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus
• Silver Cross of Merit of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcre of Jerusalem
• Cross of the Grand Officer of the Order of Merit
• Commander
  Commander
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   of Merit of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George

See also: European Parliament election, 2009 (Italy)

European Parliament election, 2009 (Italy)

European elections to elect 72 members of the European Parliament representing Italy were held on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June 2009, as decided by the Italian government on December 18, 2008...

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