Francesco Rutelli

Francesco Rutelli
Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
In office 17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Gianfranco Fini Giulio Tremonti
Succeeded by	Angelino Alfano
Minister of Cultural Heritage
In office 17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Rocco Buttiglione
Succeeded by	Sandro Bondi
Minister of the Environment
In office 28 April 1993 – 4 May 1993
Prime Minister	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Preceded by	Valdo Spini
Succeeded by	Valdo Spini
Mayor of Rome
In office 6 December 1993 – 8 January 2001
Preceded by	Franco Carraro
Succeeded by	Walter Veltroni
Parliamentary offices Member of the Senate In office 29 April 2008 – 14 March 2013 Constituency Umbria Member of the Chamber of Deputies In office 30 May 2001 – 28 April 2008 Constituency Rome In office 23 April 1992 – 14 January 1994 Constituency Rome In office 12 July 1983 – 5 July 1990 Constituency Rome (1983–1987) Naples (1987–1990)
Personal details
Born	(1954-06-14) 14 June 1954 (age 70) Rome, Italy
Political party	PR (1972–1989) VA (1989–1990) FdV (1990–1999) Dem (1999–2002) DL (2002–2007) PD (2007–2009) ApI (2009–2016) PDE (since 2016)
Spouse	Barbara Palombelli ​ (m. 1982)​
Alma mater	University of Rome La Sapienza

Francesco Rutelli (born 14 June 1954) is an Italian journalist and former politician, who is the president of ANICA [it] National Association of Film and Audiovisual Industry, since October 2016 and re-elected for the 2020–2022 term, plus ANICA Servizi. He's the legal representative of MIA (Italian Audiovisual Market). He also chairs the "Centro per un Futuro Sostenibile" (Centre for a Sustainable Future – a bipartisan think tank on climate change and environmental issues).^[1] He was during 15 years co-president of the European Democratic Party, a centrist European political party. He has been Mayor of Rome 1994–2001,^[2] and president of the centrist party Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy 2002–2007.^[3] He was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and Tourism in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Romano Prodi 2006–2008.^[4] Currently he also chairs Incontro di Civiltà (Civilizations Meeting); Videocittà, Moving Images Festival (Rome, 2018–2019); Priorità Cultura^[5] (Culture First) that gathers outstanding Italian personalities, engaged on Heritage conservation and promotion, contemporary arts, public-private partnership in the many fields of Culture.