Confindustria

Confindustria is the Italian employers' federation, founded in 1910. It groups together more than 113,000 voluntary member companies, accounting for nearly 4,200,000 individuals. It aims to help Italy's economic growth, assisting, in doing so, its members. It is a member of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE).

Confindustria was a founding member of several organizations, including ISTUD (Istituto Studi Direzionali) and Assingegneria (an organization set up by Confindustria, which has since merged with OICE, L'ingegneria italiana organizzata - which in itself belongs to Confindustria).

Members of Confindustria include ANIMA, Federation of the Italian Associations of Mechanical and Engineering Industries.

Presidents of Confindustria

• Luigi Bonnefon (1910 – 1913)
• Ferdinando Bocca (1913 – 1918)
• Dante Ferraris (1918 – 1919)
• Giovanni Battista Pirelli (1919)
• Giovanni Silvestri (1919 – 1920)
• Ettore Conti (1920 – 1921)
• Raimondo Targetti (1922 – 1923)
• Antonio Stefano Benni (1923 – 1934)
• Alberto Pirelli (1934)
• Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata (1934 – 1943)
• Giovanni Balella (1943)
• Giuseppe Mazzini (1943)
• Fabio Friggeri (1944 – 1945)
• Angelo Costa (1945 – 1955)
• Alighiero De Micheli (1955 – 1961)
• Furio Cicogna (1961 – 1966)
• Angelo Costa (1966 – 1970)
• Renato Lombardi (1970 – 1974)
• Giovanni Agnelli (1974 – 1976)
• Guido Carli (1976 – 1980)
• Vittorio Merloni (1980 – 1984)
• Luigi Lucchini (1984 – 1988)
• Sergio Pininfarina (1988 – 1992)
• Luigi Abete (1992 – 1996)
• Giorgio Fossa (1996 – 2000)
• Antonio D'Amato (May 25, 2000 – 2004)
• Luca di Montezemolo (May 27, 2004 – May 20, 2008) (http://www.economist.com/people/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2685931)
• Emma Marcegaglia (May 21, 2008 -----) (http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2008/04/articles/it0804029i.htm)

See also

• Economy of Italy
• List of national employers' federations

External links

• Official site (Italian)
• Official site - English overview
• Confindustria and the Party System in Italy (PDF)