Giuliano Urbani

Giuliano Urbani (born 9 June 1937) is an Italian academic and politician. He was the minister of cultural heritage from 2001 to 2005.

Giuliano Urbani
Minister of Cultural Heritage
In office 10 June 2001 – 23 April 2005
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Giovanna Melandri
Succeeded by	Rocco Buttiglione
Minister for Public Administration and Regional Affairs
In office 11 May 1994 – 17 January 1995
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Livio Paladin Sabino Cassese
Succeeded by	Franco Frattini
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 15 April 1994 – 3 October 2005
Personal details
Born	(1937-06-09) 9 June 1937 (age 87) Perugia, Italy
Political party	Forza Italia
Alma mater	University of Turin

Early life

Urbani was born in Perugia, Umbria, on 9 June 1937.^[1]

Career and activities

Urbani is an academic by profession. He taught political sciences at Bocconi University in Milan until 1994.^[2] He was also a collaborator of Fininvest.^[3]

He is the cofounder and a leading member of the Forza Italia led by Silvio Berlusconi.^[2][4][5] He contributed to the development of the party's ideology.^[4] From 11 May 1994 to 17 January 1995 he served as state minister for public administration and regional affairs in the first cabinet of Berlusconi.^[1] Urbani was appointed minister of cultural heritage to the second cabinet of Prime Minister Berlusconi on 10 June 2001.^[6] Urbani was in office until 23 April 2005 when he was replaced by Rocco Buttiglione in the post.^{[citation needed]}

In addition, he served at the Italian Parliament for three successive terms from 1996 to 2005.^[1] He was elected from Lombardia with the Forza Italia in all terms.^[1] As of September 2020, he was a member of the Italian Aspen Institute.^[7]

References

1. "Giuliano Urbani". Italian Parliament. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
2. Alexander Sergiyevsky (September 2004). "Interview with the Italian Minister for Culture and the Arts Giuliano Urbani" (PDF). Herald of Europe (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2021.
3. Paul Ginsborg (1996). The New Italian Republic: From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to Berlusconi. New York: Routledge. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-4151-2162-0.
4. John Hooper (20 August 2004). "Spectre of closure haunts the Uffizi". The Guardian. Rome. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
5. Louise Hemmer Phil (14 August 2002). "Italian minister: The final decisions rest with the governments". EUobserver. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
6. "Berlusconi wins senate confidence". BBC. 20 June 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
7. Executive Committee Archived 9 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Aspen Institute, Retrieved 3 September 2020

External links

• Media related to Giuliano Urbani at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Giovanna Melandri	Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage 2001–2005	Succeeded by Rocco Buttiglione