Carlo Andreotti (born 21 May 1943) is an Italian politician.

Biography

Carlo Andreotti was born in Trento on 21 May 1943. He graduated in law and is licensed to practice as a

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. Later he became a

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, he was editor of

L'Adige ''l'Adige'' is an Italian local daily newspaper, based in Trento. It is sold in Trentino and is the most read newspaper in the region, along with its main rivals Corriere del Trentino and Trentino. History and profile ''l'Adige'' was founded in ...

and worked for

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, becoming head of service. In January 1988, it was founded the

Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party The Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party ( it, Partito Autonomista Trentino Tirolese, PATT) is a regionalist, autonomist, Christian-democratic and centrist political party in Trentino, Italy. The PATT is the unofficial counterpart of the South T ...

(PATT) and Andreotti became its political secretary, a position he held until 1994, while from 1997 to 1999 he was its president. In 1988 he was elected regional councillor, an office he held until 2008. In the IX legislature (1994–199) Andreotti was president of the Province of Trento; from 2002 to 2004 he was president of Trentino-Alto Adige; finally, in the 2003 provincial elections he was the candidate for President of the Province with the support of the

House of Freedoms The House of Freedoms ( it, Casa delle Libertà, CdL) was a major centre-right political and electoral alliance in Italy, led by Silvio Berlusconi. History The CdL was the successor of the Pole of Freedoms/Pole of Good Government and the Pole fo ...

, obtaining just 30.67% of the votes and thus being defeated by

Lorenzo Dellai Lorenzo Dellai (born 28 November 1959 in Trento) is an Italian politician deputy of the Chamber of Deputies, and former governor of the Autonomous Province of Trento and former President of the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. Backgroun ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andreotti, Carlo 1943 births Living people Members of the Regional Council of Trentino-Alto Adige