Enrico Luigi Micheli (16 May 1938 – 21 January 2011) was an Italian politician and writer.

Biography

After graduating in law in the

University of Siena The University of Siena ( it, Università degli Studi di Siena, abbreviation: UNISI) in Siena, Tuscany, is one of the oldest and first publicly funded universities in Italy. Originally called ''Studium Senese'', the institution was founded in 1240 ...

, Enrico Luigi Micheli worked as a manager for

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and subsequently for the Intersind and the

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(Institute for Industrial Reconstruction). Micheli was elected Deputy in 1996 and 2001. As a close associate of

Romano Prodi Romano Antonio Prodi (; born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician, economist, academic, senior civil servant, and business executive who served as the tenth president of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. He served twice as Prim ...

, Micheli was one of the founders of the

Olive Tree The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as ''Olea europaea'' 'M ...

. He served as Secretary of the Council of Ministers in the

Prodi I Cabinet The first Prodi government was the 53rd government of Italy. It held office from 18 May 1996 until 21 October 1998. Formation On 21 April 1996, the Olive Tree won 1996 general election in alliance with the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), ...

D'Alema II Cabinet The second D'Alema government was the government of Italy from 22 December 1999 to 26 April 2000. Following the exit from the majority of the United Christian Democrats led by Rocco Buttiglione and of the Union for the Republic led by Francesco ...

and Amato II Cabinet, while from 1998 to 1999 he served as Minister of Public Works in the

D'Alema I Cabinet The first D'Alema government was the government of Italy from 21 October 1998 to 22 December 1999. The first Prodi government fell in 1998 when the Communist Refoundation Party withdrew its support to Prodi. This led to the formation of a new go ...

. He died on 21 January 2011 at the age of 72, after a long illness.Morto Enrico Micheli, dg dell'Iri, sottosegretario di Prodi e romanziere
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Bibliography

*''Lo stato del cielo'', Rai Eri (1993) *''Il ritorno di Andrea'' (1995) *''La gloria breve'' (1997) *''L'uomo con il Panama'', Sellerio (1998) *''Federico e i colori della giovinezza'' (2000) *''L'annunziata'' (2001) *''Le scale del Paradiso'' (2003) *''Il palazzo del Papa'' (2005) *''Italo'', Sellerio (2007) *''La casa sulla duna'', Palomar *''Quando dalla finestra si vedeva l'Eur e noi sognavamo la rivoluzione'', Sellerio (2010)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Micheli, Enrico Luigi 1938 births 2011 deaths Italian People's Party (1994) politicians Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy politicians Deputies of Legislature XIII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIV of Italy People from Terni Politicians of Umbria University of Siena alumni