Renato Brunetta

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name = Renato Brunetta

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order = Member of the European Parliament
constituency = North-East
term_start = June 14 2004
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1950|5|26|df=y
birth_place = Venice, Italy
nationality = Italian
alma_mater =
profession = Economist
Politician
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party = Forza Italia

Renato Brunetta (Venice, May 26 1950) is an Italian economist and politician and, as from May 2008, a minister in the Berlusconi government.

He is a former member of the Italian Socialist Party, Member of the European Parliament for the North-East with the Forza Italia, part of the European People's Party, and vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Career

* Economic adviser for three Italian Prime Ministers (Craxi, Amato, Ciampi), and a professor of Labour Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
* From 1985 to 1989, vice-chairman of the Labour and Social Affairs Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (in Paris).
* From 1983 to 1987 he was Ministry of Labour official responsible for all the strategies for employment and incomes policy.
* In 1989 founded the European Association of Labour Economists, of which he is the first chairman.
* In the 1980s and 1990s worked as an economic adviser to the Bettino Craxi, Giuliano Amato, and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi governments.
* From 1999 to 2008: Member of the European Parliament.
* Founder and editor of the journal "Labour - Review of labour economics and industrial relations", he was also the lead writer for the newspapers "Il Sole 24 Ore", "Il Giornale", and "Avanti!".
* He is the author of numerous publications on labour economics and industrial relations.

ee also

*European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)

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