Gianni Petrucci
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Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, 19 July 1945) is an Italian
Italy
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sports director.
He is the current President of CONI
Coni
Coni may refer to:*Cuneo, Italy*Coni, Azerbaijan*Italian National Olympic Committee...
for the fourth consecutive term, that will end after the Games of the XXX Olympiad of 2012.
His career took place primarily between the Italian Football Federation (where he was special commissioner of the Italian Referees Association) and the Italian Basketball Federation
Italian Basketball Federation
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(of which he was elected president in two consecutive occasions), before becoming in 29 January 1999, President of CONI, succeededin Bruno Grandi
Bruno Grandi
Bruno Grandi is an Italian sportsman, currently president of the FIG since 1996 and a member of the International Olympic Committee since 2000...
in the position in 1999. On 6 May 2009 has been reelected for his fourth consecutive term: he got 55 votes against 24 of the challenger, Franco Chimenti, president of FederGolf.
He was Special Commissioner of the FIGC in 2000 – 2001.