Alberto Clò (born 1947) is an

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businessman, politician and academic. He served as minister of industry from 1995 to 1996. He was also director of the Italian company Eni SpA.

Early life and education

Clò was born in 1947. He holds a political sciences degree from the University of Bologna.

Career

Clò worked as a full professor of

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at the department of economics at the University of Bologna where he was promoted to the rank of associate professor of industrial economy in 1987. In 1980 he founded and edited a magazine entitled ''Energia''. He served as minister of industry from 17 January 1995 to 16 May 1996 and acting interim minister of foreign trade in the cabinet led by

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Lamberto Dini Lamberto Dini (; born 1 March 1931) is an Italian politician and economist. He was the Director General of Bank of Italy from 1979 to 1994, Italian Minister of the Treasury, Minister of Treasury from 1994 to 1996, the 51st Prime Minister of Ital ...

. In addition, Clò was the president of the council of industry and energy ministers of the

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during the six-month Italian presidency in the same period. Clò was the director of Eni SpA since June 1999 and also former director of various other firms including Atlantia SpA, Italcementi SpA, De Longhi SpA and IREN SpA. In April 2012, Clò was appointed the Advanced Capital's special advisor for investments in the energy sector. In 2013, he was named independent director of the Snam SpA.

Works

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Translated works

* Clo2008, pp. 231-232

Awards

Clò has been awarded Cavaliere di Gran Croce (Knight of Great Cross) of the

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in 1996.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clo, Alberto 20th-century Italian businesspeople 20th-century Italian economists 21st-century Italian businesspeople 1947 births Eni people Government ministers of Italy Italian magazine founders Living people Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic University of Bologna alumni Academic staff of the University of Bologna Independent politicians in Italy