Carlo Calenda | |
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Minister of Economic Development | |
In office 10 May 2016 – 1 June 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Matteo Renzi Paolo Gentiloni |
Preceded by | Federica Guidi |
Succeeded by | Luigi Di Maio |
Secretary of Action | |
Assumed office 20 February 2022 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Member of the Senate of the Republic | |
Assumed office 13 October 2022 | |
Constituency | Sicily |
Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 2 July 2019 – 12 October 2022 | |
Constituency | North-East Italy |
Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union | |
In office 21 March 2016 – 10 May 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Matteo Renzi |
Preceded by | Stefano Sannino |
Succeeded by | Maurizio Massari |
Personal details | |
Born | Rome, Italy | 9 April 1973
Political party | Action (2019–present) |
Other political affiliations | PCI (1980s) SC (2013–2015) Independent (2015–2018) PD (2018–2019) |
Spouse | Violante Guidotti Bentivoglio |
Children | 4 |
Education | Sapienza University |
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Carlo Calenda (born 9 April 1973) is an Italian business executive and politician. On 2 May 2013, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Economic Development in the government of Enrico Letta,[1] and was later confirmed in that post in the cabinet of Letta's successor, Matteo Renzi.[2]
On 20 January 2016, Renzi appointed him Italy's Permanent Representative to the European Union, an office he took up on March 21 that year.[3] This appointment was criticised by both the opposition and Italian diplomats, because the office of Permanent Representative had always been held by a diplomat and not by a politician such as Calenda.[4][5]