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Carlo Scognamiglio
President of the Senate of the Republic
In office
16 April 1994 – 8 May 1996
Preceded byGiovanni Spadolini
Succeeded byNicola Mancino
Minister of Defence
In office
21 October 1998 – 22 December 1999
Prime MinisterMassimo D'Alema
Preceded byBeniamino Andreatta
Succeeded bySergio Mattarella
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
23 April 1992 – 29 May 2001
ConstituencyLombardy
Personal details
Born (1944-11-27) 27 November 1944 (age 79)
Varese, Kingdom of Italy
Political partyPLI (1992–1994)
FI (1994–1998)
UDR (1998–1999)
PLI (1999–2014)
The Liberals (2014–present)
Alma materBocconi University
ProfessionEconomist

Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini (born 27 November 1944) is an Italian economist and politician. He is a university professor in applied economics, and was Chancellor of the LUISS University of Rome (1984–1992). He was President of the Italian Senate from 1994 to 1996 and Minister of Defence from 1998 to 2000.

Life and career

After graduating in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan, Scognamiglio specialized in Industrial Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE) under the supervision of Basil Yamey. A professor of Finance and Industrial Economics since 1973, he was elected Chancellor of the LUISS University in 1984. In 1988 the Académie française awarded him its prestigious Economics prize.

As a sportsman, Scognamiglio was a world sailing champion (winning the International Ocean Races - One Ton Cup in 1976).

Political career

In 1992 Scognamiglio became a Senator for the Italian Liberal Party (PLI), and was soon appointed as chairman of the Senate's Committee for European Affairs. Re-elected in 1994 for Forza Italia (FI), he was President of the Senate for the first two years of the XII Government.[1]

In 1998 he joined the new party established by former President Francesco Cossiga, the Democratic Union for the Republic (UDR), and was Minister of Defence from 21 October 1998 to 22 December 1999, a period that spanned NATO's intervention in Kosovo (March–June 1999). As minister he promoted the repeal of the draft, the transformation of the Italian armed forces on a professional basis, the opening of military service to women, and the rise of the Corps of Carabinieri as a fourth branch of the Italian military forces.

Presently, he is Professor Emeritus of applied economics and lifetime trustee of the Aspen Institute.[2] He is also Honorary President of the reconstituted Italian Liberal Party. He is also a member of the Italy-USA Foundation.

Publications

Scognamiglio is the author of over 80 publications in English and Italian, including:

References

  1. ^ Storia dello Stato italiano dall'Unità a oggi, edited by Raffaele Romanelli, Donzelli Editore, 2001, p. 504.
  2. ^ executive Committee Archived 2010-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, aspeninstitute.it/
Political offices Preceded byGiovanni Spadolini President of the Italian Senate 1994–1996 Succeeded byNicola Mancino Preceded byBeniamino Andreatta Minister of Defence 1998–1999 Succeeded bySergio Mattarella Party political offices Preceded byCarla Martino President of Italian Liberal Party 2009–2012 Succeeded byEnzo Palumbo
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