Franco Carraro

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Franco Carraro (born December 6, 1939 in Padua ) is an Italian sports official and politician ( PSI ). He appeared in particular in Italian football and as an IOC member .

career

Carraro first appeared as an athlete nationally in the late 1950s when he won European titles in water skiing . He soon got involved in this sport at the official level and worked for the Federazione Italiana Sci Nautico , the Italian water ski association. In 1967, after the death of his father Luigi Carraro, he was appointed President of AC Milan as his successor . During his tenure, he won the European Cup in 1968/69 under coach Nereo Rocco after a 4-1 win in the final against Ajax Amsterdam , which was followed by the World Cup win against the Argentine representative Estudiantes de La Plata .

After Carraro left his office at Milan to Federico Sordillo in 1971 , he took over the presidency of the Lega Calcio from Aldo Stacchi in 1973 . For three years he directed the fortunes of the Italian League Association before he succeeded Artemio Franchi as President of the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio in 1976 . After two years he changed posts again, as he succeeded the long-time chairman of the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano Giulio Onesti . Until 1987 he headed the National Olympic Committee of Italy and was a member of the IOC from 1982. In 1986 he also moved up to the organizing committee for the 1990 World Cup .

In 1987 Carraro followed the call from state politics and became Minister of Tourism under Prime Minister Giovanni Goria . When the government collapsed after 260 days, he remained in the same position as the new Prime Minister Ciriaco De Mita . Even after Giulio Andreotti took over government in July 1989, he initially remained in office even though he had been elected mayor of Rome . In February 1990, however, he was replaced as Minister by Carlo Tognoli . In 1993 he lost the mayoral election in Rome to Francesco Rutelli .

Carraro returned to football as an official. In 1997 he took over the presidency of the Lega Calcio again, which he held until 2001 when he was re-elected as association president. In this capacity, he became a member of the UEFA Executive Committee in 2004 . In 2006 he had to resign from his posts in Italy due to the Calciopoli scandal . Initially, the Italian federation sentenced him to four and a half years of professional bans, later the fine was changed to a payment of € 80,000.

Carraro remained in office at UEFA until 2009. After the Italian application to host the European Championship in 2012 failed, he was criticized in his home country. Finally, he gave up his post in favor of the president of the Italian Football Association, Giancarlo Abete, who had been in office since 2007 . In 2008 he had also left the IOC.

Carraro was a member of the executive board of the construction company Impregilo between 1994 and 1999 and was a member of the supervisory board until 2002. From 1999 to 2000 he was Vice President of the Mediocredito bank .

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predecessor Office successor
Pietro Giubilo Mayor of Rome
1989–1993 		Francesco Rutelli
personal data
SURNAME Carraro, Franco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian football manager and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Padua