Giovanni Kessler

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Giovanni Kessler (born June 11, 1956 in Trento ) is an Italian lawyer and politician.

Giovanni Kessler in the European Parliament in Brussels in December 2014

The son of the Trentino politician Bruno Kessler graduated from the Liceo Arcivescovile Humanistic High School in Trento and then studied law at the University of Bologna . From 1987 to 1995 he worked as a deputy public prosecutor at the Regional Court of Trento, where he investigated drug smuggling and organized crime in particular , as well as against politicians from Trentino in the course of the Tangentopoli affair in the early 1990s. From 1995 to 1997, when he worked for the Public Prosecutor's Office in Caltanissetta in Sicily, his work focused on investigations against the Gela Mafia ; During his time at the Bolzano Public Prosecutor's Office from 1997 to 2001, he dealt with offenses at the European level.

Kessler acted as an expert and advisor on the topic of Southeast / Eastern Europe and crime at Italian ministries as well as at the European Commission and the Council of Europe . In 1998 and 1999 he was Deputy Head of the Kosovo Verification Mission of the OSCE , for which he served in several election observation missions in the following years.

In 2001 Kessler was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies for five years for the Democratici di Sinistra , then part of the Ulivo alliance . From 2003 to 2006 he was Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, from 2006 to 2008 High Commissioner of the Prodi government in the fight against counterfeiting. In 2006, Kessler's involvement in regional politics began, where he made a contribution to founding the Trentino section of the Partito Democratico (PD). In 2008 he was elected to the Trentino regional parliament and then its president. In the 2009/2010 term of office he was President of the Conference of European Regional Legislative Parliaments .

Despite his status as an exponent of an opposition party, Kessler received support from the Berlusconi government for his application for the post of head of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). On December 14, 2010, the European Commission appointed Kessler, who speaks fluent German and English, as the new OLAF Director General. On January 26, 2011, he resigned from the office of President of the Province of Trentino, on February 14, he also renounced his mandate.

On September 15, 2017, he submitted his resignation to the EU to become head of the Italian customs authority ( Agenzia delle Dogane ). Despite protests in parliament, the Italian government pushed through his appeal; he was appointed director on October 16.

Dalligate

As part of the resignation of Commissioner John Dalli in 2013, Kessler was accused of illegally bugging telephone calls and pressuring witnesses, among other things. Therefore, among others, the German MEP Ingeborg Gräßle (CDU) called for his resignation from the office of OLAF Director General.

Web links

Commons : Giovanni Kessler  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Mayer: Giovanni Kessler, new head of the anti-fraud authority . The standard . December 15, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  2. ^ Giovanni Kessler: Chi sono ( it ) giovannikessler.it. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b c The President ( en ) Conference of the European Regional Legislative Parliaments . Retrieved on June 24, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.calrenet.eu  
  4. ↑ a b c d Marco Zatterin: L'Italia vince l'Antifrode ( it ) La Stampa . December 14, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  5. ^ Giovanni Kessler: La magistratura ( it ) giovannikessler.it. Retrieved on June 24, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.giovannikessler.it  
  6. ^ Il presidente ( it ) Consiglio della Provincia Autonoma di Trento. Archived from the original on December 15, 2010. Retrieved on December 16, 2010.
  7. ^ Liana Milella: Divisi a Roma, uniti su Kessler ( it ) La Repubblica . December 15, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  8. ↑ Valentina Pop: Italian appointed head of EU's anti-fraud office ( en ) EUobserver. December 14, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Dal Pd troppi errori sulla Presidenza" ( it ) Trentino . January 28, 2011. Accessed on June 24, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it  
  10. ^ Andrea Rudari torna in pista. Da fine febbraio in consiglio ( it ) Trentino . February 15, 2011. Accessed on June 24, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it  
  11. ↑ spiegel.de October 11, 2017: EU fraud fighter becomes head of customs in Italy
  12. ↑ insediamento del Direttore dell'Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli Giovanni Kessler (pdf)
  13. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung March 22, 2013 (published on sueddeutsche.de on the same day): Lügen und Lutschtabak
  14. ↑ www.timesofmalta.com May 28, 2013: Dalligate: EPP spokeswoman again calls for Kessler's suspension
personal data
SURNAME Kessler, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian lawyer and politician, member of the Camera dei deputati
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Trent