Maurizio Sacconi

Maurizio Sacconi (Conegliano, 13 July 1950) is an Italian politician from Veneto.

A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party, from 1979 to 1994 he was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and from 1987 to 1994 he served also as Under-Secretary of the Treasury. Between 1981 and 1984 he was the first president of Legambiente, the largest environmentalist association in Italy. From 1995 to 2001 he was branch office director of the International Labour Organization.

In 2001 Sacconi joined Forza Italia and was appointed Under-Secretary of Labour in Silvio Berlusconi's governments. After five years in office as deputy of Minister Roberto Maroni, he was elected senator in 2006 and re-elected in 2008.

He is currently Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in Berlusconi IV Cabinet.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://www.governo.it/Governo/Biografie/ministri/Sacconi_maurizio.html

Political offices
Preceded by Cesare Damiano (Labour) Livia Turco (Health) Paolo Ferrero (Social affairs)	Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs 2008–2009	Succeeded by himself as Minister of Labour and Social affairs Ferruccio Fazio as Minister of Health
Preceded by himself as Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs	Ministry of Labour and Social affairs 2009–present	Incumbent
Italian Senate
Preceded by Title jointly held	Senator Legislatures XV, XVI 2006–present	Incumbent
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Preceded by Title jointly held	Deputy Legislatures VIII, IX, X, XI 1979 – 1994	Succeeded by Title jointly held

Persondata
Name	Sacconi, Maurizio
Alternative names
Short description	Italian politician and minister
Date of birth	1950-07-13
Place of birth	Conegliano
Date of death
Place of death