Giovanna Melandri is an Italian politician.

Education

Giovanna Melandri was born in New York

New York

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She earned a diploma "cum laude" in economics and commerce at the Sapienza University of Rome and one of her teachers was Federico Caffè

Federico Caffè

Federico Caffè was an Italian economist.- Biography :Caffè was born at Pescara.In 1936 he graduated in business sciences at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He started his career working at the Bank of Italy, later becoming a teacher at the University of Messina...

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From 1983 to 1987 she was a coordinator for the work group on industrial and technological politics for Montedison.

In 1991 she became part of the national secretariat for Democrats of the Left

Democrats of the Left

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. She has been a deputy

Deputy (legislator)

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 for the Italian Parliament since 1994. Melandri, who also holds U.S.

United States

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 citizenship

Citizenship

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, cast a vote for Barack Obama

Barack Obama

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 during the 2008 Democrats Abroad

Democrats Abroad

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 primary election

Primary election

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Ministerial functions

Between 1998 and 2001 she was Minister of Culture

Minister for Cultural Assets and Activities

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 in the governments of Massimo D'Alema

Massimo D'Alema

Massimo D'Alema is an Italian politician. He is also a journalist and a former national secretary of the Democratic Party of the Left...

 and Giuliano Amato

Giuliano Amato

Giuliano Amato is an Italian politician. He was Prime Minister of Italy twice, first from 1992 to 1993 and then from 2000 to 2001. He was more recently Vice President of the Convention on the Future of Europe that drafted the new European Constitution and headed the Amato Group. He is commonly...

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On May 17, 2006 she was named Minister for Youth and Sports in the second government of Romano Prodi

Prodi II Cabinet

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