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Italian professor and European Commissioner From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Giuseppe Petrilli (13 March 1913 – 13 May 1999) was an Italian professor and European Commissioner.
Giuseppe Petrilli | |
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![]() Petrilli in 1969 | |
European Commissioner for Social Affairs | |
In office 7 January 1958 – 8 February 1961 | |
President | Walter Hallstein |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Lionello Levi Sandri |
Personal details | |
Born | Naples, Italy | 13 March 1913
Died | 13 May 1999 86) Rome, Italy | (aged
Political party | Christian Democracy |
He was a non-politician[1] appointed as the first Italian European Commissioner on the Hallstein Commission from January 1958 with responsibility for the Social Affairs portfolio. In September 1960 (or December 1960, or 8 February 1961) he resigned and was succeeded by Lionello Levi Sandri.
A professor, Giuseppe Petrilli became president of IRI (the Italian Institute for Industrial Reconstruction – a powerful state-owned holding company) in 1960 and served for almost twenty years, until 1979.[2] He died on 13 May 1999, aged 86.
Commissioner Petrilli was a member of the 1979 group that produced the Spierenburg Report on the improvement of the working methods of the commission.[3]
A Giuseppe Petrilli, left-wing Italian Christian Democrat (DC) member was appointed secretary general of the "EUCD" in 1978, according to the European Peoples Party.[4]
A Giuseppe Petrelli became a member of the 8th Italian Senate after the 1979 elections.
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