Giovanna Melandri

Giovanna Melandri

Giovanna Melandri (born 28 January 1962) is an Italian politician. She is President of MAXXI - National Museum of the 21st Century Arts of Rome.

Early life and education

Giovanna Melandri was born in New York City, United States. She earned a diploma "cum laude" in economics and commerce at the Sapienza University of Rome and one of her teachers was Federico Caffè.

Career

From 1983 to 1987 she was a coordinator for the work group on industrial and technological politics for Montedison.

An environmental activist since 1982, Giovanna Melandri has been in charge of international relations for Legambiente (1988 to 1994). In that capacity, she attended the Bergen Conference on Sustainable Development in 1990 and was a member of the Italian delegation to the UN Rio summit in 1992.

In 1991 she became member of the national secretariat for Democrats of the Left. She has been a deputy for the Italian Parliament since 1994. Melandri, who also holds U.S. citizenship, cast a vote for Barack Obama during the 2008 Democrats Abroad primary election.^[1]

Between 1998 and 2001 she was minister of culture in the governments of Massimo D'Alema and Giuliano Amato.

On 17 May 2006 she was named minister for youth and sports in the second government of Romano Prodi.

References

↑ Yahoo! News - Obama wins Democrats Abroad primary

Italian Chamber of Deputies
Preceded by Unknown	Deputy for Constituency XV, College 18 – Rome 1996–2001	Unknown
Preceded by Unknown	Deputy for Constituency XV, College 1 – Rome Center 2001–2006	College abolished
Preceded by Title jointly held	Deputy for Constituency XV – Lazio 1 2006–2008	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Preceded by Title jointly held	Deputy for Constituency X – Liguria 2008 onward	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Walter Veltroni	Italian Minister of Culture 1998–2001	Succeeded by Giuliano Urbani
New title	Minister for Youth and Sports 2006–2008	Succeeded by Giorgia Meloni
Party political offices
New title	Italian Shadow Minister of Communications 2008–2009	Title abolished
New title	Head of Culture Department of the Democratic Party 2009 onward	Incumbent

D'Alema I Cabinet (1998–1999)

Mattarella Bellillo Piazza Balbo Letta Folloni Amato Maccanico Turco Dini Iervolino Diliberto Ciampi Visco Scognamiglio Berlinguer Micheli De Castro Treu Cardinale Bersani Bassolino Salvi Fassino Bindi Ronchi Melandri Zecchino

D'Alema II Cabinet (1999–2000)

Bellillo Bassanini Balbo Toia Loiero Maccanico Turco Dini Bianco Diliberto Amato Visco Mattarella Berlinguer Bordon De Castro Bersani Cardinale Letta Salvi Fassino Bindi Melandri Ronchi Zecchino

Amato II Cabinet (2000–1)

Loiero Bassanini Bellillo Mattioli Maccanico Toia Turco Dini Bianco Fassino Visco Del Turco Letta De Mauro Salvi Pecoraro Scanio Mattarella Bordon Bersani Nesi Veronesi Cardinale Zecchino Melandri

Prodi II Cabinet (2006–8)

Prodi

D'Alema Rutelli Amato Padoa-Schioppa Parisi Mastella Scotti Bersani De Castro Fioroni Mussi Turco Damiano Ferrero Di Pietro Bianchi Pecoraro Scanio Gentiloni Bonino Chiti Nicolais Lanzillotta Santagata Pollastrini Melandri Bindi

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 48401892 LCCN: n91027643 ICCU: IT\ICCU\CFIV\109983

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