Giuseppe Petrilli (1913? – 13 May 1999?) was an Italian professor and European Commissioner. He was a non-politician appointed as the first Italian European Commissioner on the

Hallstein Commission The Hallstein Commission is the European Commission that held office from 7 January 1958 to 30 June 1967. Its president was Walter Hallstein and held two separate mandates. Work It was the first commission on the European Economic Community and ...

from January 1958 with responsibility for the Social Affairs portfolio. In September 1960 (or December 1960, or 8 February 1961) he resigned and was succeeded by Lionello Levi Sandri. A professor, Giuseppe Petrilli became president of IRI (the Italian Institute for Industrial Reconstruction – a powerful state-owned holding company) in 1960 and served for almost twenty years, until 1979. He died on 13 May 1999, aged 86. Commissioner Petrilli was a member of the 1979 group that produced the Spierenburg Report on the improvement of the working methods of the commission. A Giuseppe Petrilli, left-wing Italian Christian Democrat (DC) member was appointed secretary general of the "EUCD" in 1978, according to the European Peoples Party. A Giuseppe Petrelli became a member of the 8th Italian Senate after the 1979 elections.

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PDF Analysis of Political Experience of Commission Membership

Historical events in the European integration process 1945–2009: Institutional Reform: The Spierenburg Report
on CVCE website * it.wiki – List of 7th Senate members , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrilli, Giuseppe 1913 births 1999 deaths Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians 20th-century Italian politicians Italian European Commissioners