Mercedes Bresso
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Mercedes Bresso (born July 12, 1944 in San Remo ) is an Italian politician and member of the European Parliament . She is a member of the center-left Partito Democratico .
Career
Bresso was born in Sanremo , Province of Imperia in Liguria , in 1944 .
In 1969 she received her doctorate in economics ; since 1973 she has been a professor at the Economics Institute at the Faculty of Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin .
From 1989 until its dissolution in 2008 Bresso was an active member of the Democratici di Sinistra , since then she has been active in the Partito Democratico . From 1985 to 1995 she was Regional Minister for Construction and Urban Planning ( Assessore Regionale per la Pianificazione Territoriale ) in the Piedmontese regional government , and from 1995 to 2004 she was President of the Province of Turin .
Since 2002 she has been Deputy Chairwoman of the AICCRE; from 2000 to 2004 she was chairman of the World Federation of United Cities and from 2004 to 2005 co-founder and chairman of the organization Cités et Gouvernements locaux Uni .
From April 2005 to October 2008 she was President of the Union of European Federalists (UEF) (in Germany: Europa-Union Deutschland ). He was succeeded by Andrew Duff .
In February 2010 she was elected first President of the Committee of the Regions. Her two and a half year term ended in August 2012.
In May 2014 she was re-elected to the European Parliament.
Publications
Among other things as a co-author:
- Il bilancio e le politiche strutturali della CEE (with others), Le Monnier, Firenze, 1979
- Pensiero economico e ambiente , Loescher, Torino, 1982
- Per un'economia ecologica , NIS, Roma, 1993
- Economia ecologica , Jaca Book, 1996
Web links
- Entry for Mercedes Bresso in the Members' database of the European Parliament
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bresso, Mercedes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian politician, MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Remo , Imperia Province |