Mario Baldassarri (born 10 September 1946) is an Italian economist and politician. He was a

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from 2006 to 2013. Born in

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, he was vice-minister of Economy and Finance in

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's second and third governments, from 2001 to 2006.

Education and career

He graduated in economics in 1969 and specialized at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977 with

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and Paul Samuelson as speakers. At the age of 30 he obtained a university chair, teaching at the

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as full professor of Economics (1980–1988), and from that date full professor of Political Economy in the Faculty of Economics of the Sapienza University of Rome. He also taught at the

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and the

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. In the 1980s he held the role of director of

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for six years, and for four years that of economic advisor to EFIM (Entity for investments and financing of manufacturing industries). He was economic advisor to the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of the Budget, the Ministry of the Treasury, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Confindustria. Since February 2009, Baldassarri has been the President of the

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(CIIM), an organization founded in 2004 under the auspices of the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Italians Living Abroad to create synergies between entrepreneurs in Italy and Italian businesses operating abroad.

Politics

In 2001 he ran for the Chamber of Deputies in the Macerata college: supported by the

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, he obtained 43.7% of the votes and was defeated by the candidate of the

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Valerio Calzolaio. In the Berlusconi II and III governments he held the position of Deputy Minister for the Economy and Finance (2001–2006). In the 2006 general election he was elected senator with the National Alliance. In the 2008 general elections he was re-elected senator, in the ranks of the People of Freedom and held the position of president of the Finance and Treasury Commission of the Senate. On 2 August 2010 he joined the

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group of which he was initially regent. In the 2013 general election he was a candidate for the Senate in the Sicilian constituency, on the

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list, but he was not elected.

Personal life

He has three children: Pierfrancesco, Marta and Pierluca.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baldassarri, Mario 1946 births Italian economists Living people People from Macerata National Alliance (Italy) politicians The People of Freedom politicians Future and Freedom politicians