Filippo Maria Pandolfi Explained

Filippo Maria Pandolfi
Term Start:4 August 1983
Term End:13 April 1988
Primeminister:Bettino Craxi
Amintore Fanfani
Giovanni Goria
Predecessor:Calogero Mannino
Successor:Calogero Mannino
Term Start1:20 December 1980
Term End1:28 June 1981
Primeminister1:Arnaldo Forlani
Predecessor1:Antonio Bisaglia
Successor1:Giovanni Marcora
Term Start2:1 December 1982
Term End2:4 August 1983
Primeminister2:Amintore Fanfani
Predecessor2:Giovanni Marcora
Successor2:Renato Altissimo
Term Start3:13 March 1978
Term End3:18 October 1980
Primeminister3:Giulio Andreotti
Francesco Cossiga
Predecessor3:Gaetano Stammati
Successor3:Beniamino Andreatta
Term Start4:30 July 1976
Term End4:13 March 1978
Primeminister4:Giulio Andreotti
Predecessor4:Gaetano Stammati
Successor4:Franco Maria Malfatti
Term Start5:5 June 1968
Term End5:19 December 1988
Birth Date:1927 11, df=y
Birth Place:Bergamo, Italy
Party:Christian Democracy
Nationality:Italian
Alma Mater:Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Occupation:Manager

Filippo Maria Pandolfi (born 1 November 1927) is a former Italian politician, minister, and European commissioner.

Pandolfi graduated in philosophy at the Università Cattolica Milano, taught for some years and then worked for a publisher of scholastic books.

He was a member of the Christian Democracy party. He was elected to the Italian parliament in 1968, heading the list in electoral district of BresciaBergamo in 1976, 1979, 1983, and 1987.

Filippo Pandolfi was finance undersecretary in the Aldo Moro government from 1974 to 1976. In 1976 he became Minister of Finance, in 1978 Minister of the Treasury, then from 1980 to 1983 Minister for Industry and Trade, and finally from 1983 to 1988 Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.

From 6 January 1989 to 5 January 1993 he was the European Commissioner in the Delors Commission, having portfolio for Research and Development.[1]

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  1. Web site: Europe: under new management – This week, two new commissioners take charge of the European Community's research programme. Many scientists want the new bosses to consider radical change.. Deborah. MacKenzie. 2 January 1993. New Scientist. 1 December 2010.