Bruno Kessler (17 February 1924, in Peio – 19 March 1991, in Trento) was an Italian politician. He served as

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of the

Autonomous Province of Trento Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region ...

from 1960 to 1973. He was the father of

Giovanni Kessler Giovanni Kessler (born 11 June 1956 in Trento) is an Italian prosecutor. He was until 2017 the Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). OLAF is a department of the European Commission, but it is independent in its investigative ...

. In 1962 he founded the Istituto Trentino di Cultura (now Fondazione Bruno Kessler), which gave rise to the

University of Trento The University of Trento (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Trento'') is an Italian university located in Trento and nearby Rovereto. It has been able to achieve considerable results in didactics, research, and international relations accor ...

Biography

In 1943 he obtained his classical maturity at

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and in 1950 graduated in Law from the

University of Padua The University of Padua ( it, Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from B ...

. He was president of the

from 1960 to 1974. In 1962 he founded the "Trentino Institute of Culture", the first core of the

. The Faculty of Sociology was the first of its kind in Italy. He supported the 1972 Autonomy Statute and the Provincial Urban Plan. He was also elected in the Senate in 1983 and 1987. He died in 1991 during the X Legislature and later replaced by

Alberto Robol Alberto Robol (18 May 1945 – 29 May 2024) was an Italian politician who served as a Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senat ...

. In 2007 the Trentino Institute of Culture became the

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(FBK).

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1924 births 1991 deaths Presidents of Trentino Presidents of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians University of Padua alumni {{Italy-politician-stub