Dec 07 2009
Romano Prodi
Former Prime Minister of Italy, President of the European Commission (1999 – 2004)
Romano Prodi served as President of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) of Italy twice, from 1996 – 1998 and 2006 – 2008. He became President of the European Commission at a time of crisis, from 1999 – 2004. In 2008, he was was named by the UN as president of the African Union – UN peacekeeping panel. In 2009, he was appointed Professor-at-Large at the Watson Institute for International Studies of Brown University.
“One of Italy’s most successful post-war Prime Ministers”
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