Gianni De Michelis
| Gianni De Michelis | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 22 July 1989 – 28 June 1992 |
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| Prime Minister | Giulio Andreotti |
| Preceded by | Giulio Andreotti |
| Succeeded by | Vincenzo Scotti |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Italy | |
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In office 13 April 1988 – 22 July 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Ciriaco De Mita |
| Preceded by | Giuliano Amato |
| Succeeded by | Claudio Martelli |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 September 1940 Venice, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party |
Italian Socialist Party Socialist Party – New PSI Socialist Party (2007) |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Methodist |
Giovanni (Gianni) De Michelis (born 26 November 1940 in Venice) is an Italian politician.
His political experience started with the Italian Socialist Party, where he was elected to the municipal council of Venice. He got elected for the first time to the Italian Parliament in 1976 and was elected again in 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992 and 2006. He was Minister for State's Participation from 1980 to 1983. He then became Minister of Work in 1986 (with Bettino Craxi as President of the Council). His career however reached the top with his nomination to the Vice-Presidency of the Council in 1988-1989. He became Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1989 and kept that post until 1992.
Between 1993 and 2001, during the so-called "judicial storm of Mani Pulite", was accused of curruption along with many of the socialists MPs and regional administrators. Within more than 35 different trails, apart from the numerous favorable verdicts, he has been convicted of corruption and was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months (negotiated) in Venice for highways bribes in Veneto and to 6 months for illegal financing (Enimont bribe, also negotiated).
In 1996 De Michelis founded a political movement named the Socialist Party with Ugo Intini and other former Italian Socialist Party (PSI) members, which later was joined by the Socialist League of Claudio Martelli and Bobo Craxi to form the Socialist Party – New PSI in 2001. He was elected secretary of the new party at the first congress.
De Michelis was elected at the 2004 European elections as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP)for Southern Italy with the NPSI, and was therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament whilst awaiting the acceptance of his party's request of membership in the Socialist Group. He sat in the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, and was a substitute for the Committee on Legal Affairs, a member of the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China and a substitute for the Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.
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