Piero Barucci (born 29 June 1933) is an Italian academic, economist and politician, who served as treasury minister of Italy in the period 1992–1994.

Early life and education

Barucci was born in

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on 29 June 1933. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics which he received from the University of Florence.

Career

Barucci worked as a professor of political economy and the history of economics both at 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 ...

and his alma mater, the University of Florence, from 1966 to 1990. He was the dean of the faculty of economics and commerce at the University of Florence from 1981 to 1983. He was also the chairman of

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and of Italian International Bank of London from 1983 to 1990. His other posts included board member of the Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (1987–2000), managing director of Credito Italiano (1990–1992) and chairman of the

Associazione Bancaria Italiana Associazione Bancaria Italiana is the trade association of Italian banks. The association was founded in 1919, few years after the Association of Italian Saving Banks (ACRI, founded 1912), the Association of Italian Rural Credit Unions (''Cassa R ...

(1987–1991). He served as the minister of treasury and civil service in the first Amato cabinet from June 1992 to April 1993. Barucci succeeded Guido Carli in the aforementioned post. Then Barucci was appointed minister of treasury to the Ciampi cabinet and was in office from April 1993 to April 1994. After leaving public offices, he began to work in different private firms, including private banks. He also founded a private bank in 1998, Banco Emiliano Romagnolo and served as the vice-president of the bank. In 2001, he led the consortium of businessmen that took over Italian football club

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from the Cecchi Gori Group. In addition, he was named as the chairman of Banca Leonardo in May 2005. On 7 May 2007, he began to work at the competition authority as a commissioner.

Awards

In 2000, Barucci was awarded the Dovizo prize for his distinguished achievements.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barucci, Piero 20th-century Italian politicians 21st-century Italian businesspeople 1933 births Government ministers of Italy Italian corporate directors Italian economists Living people Montepaschi Group Politicians from Florence University of Florence alumni Academic staff of the University of Florence Academic staff of the University of Siena