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Massimo D'Alema

Massimo D'Alema
Massimo D'Alema ONU.jpg
53rd Prime Minister of Italy
In office
21 October 1998 – 25 April 2000
President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Deputy Sergio Mattarella
Preceded by Romano Prodi
Succeeded by Giuliano Amato
President of the COPASIR
In office
26 January 2010 – 15 March 2013
Preceded by Francesco Rutelli
Succeeded by Giacomo Stucchi
Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
In office
17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008
Prime Minister Romano Prodi
Preceded by Giulio Tremonti
Succeeded by Angelino Alfano
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008
Prime Minister Romano Prodi
Preceded by Gianfranco Fini
Succeeded by Franco Frattini
Vice President of the Socialist International
In office
29 October 2003 – 29 June 2008
President António Guterres
George Papandreou
In office
11 September 1996 – 7 November 1999
President Pierre Mauroy
President of the Democrats of the Left
In office
6 November 1998 – 14 October 2007
Preceded by Giglia Tedesco Tatò
Succeeded by Position abolished
Secretary of the Democrats of the Left
In office
12 February 1998 – 6 November 1998
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Walter Veltroni
Secretary of the Democratic Party of the Left
In office
1 July 1994 – 12 February 1998
Preceded by Achille Occhetto
Succeeded by Position abolished
Secretary of the Italian Communist Youth Federation
In office
3 April 1975 – 12 June 1980
Preceded by Renzo Imbeni
Succeeded by Marco Fumagalli
Personal details
Born (1949-04-20) 20 April 1949 (age 67)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Political party PD (since 2007)
Other political
affiliations
PCI (Before 1991)
PDS (1991–1998)
DS (1998–2007)
Spouse(s) Linda Giuva
Children Giulia
Francesco
Website Official website

Massimo D'Alema (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmassimo daˈlɛma]; born 20 April 1949) is an Italian politician who was the 53rd Prime Minister from 1998 to 2000. Later he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2008. He is also a journalist and served for a time as national secretary of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS). Sometimes media refers to him as , due to his first name Massimo, but also for his dominant position in the left-wing coalitions during the Second Republic. Earlier in his career he was a member of the Italian Communist Party, and he was the first former communist to become prime minister of a NATO country.

Massimo D'Alema was born in Rome on 20 April 1949, the son of Giuseppe D'Alema (), a communist politician. He is married to Linda Giuva, a professor at the University of Siena, and has two children, Giulia and Francesco. He later became a notable member of Italian Communist Party (PCI), part of which in 1991 gave origin to the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), and in 1998 to the Democrats of the Left (DS). In 1998, succeeding Romano Prodi, he became Prime Minister, as the leader of The Olive Tree centre-left coalition. He was the first former Communist to become prime minister of a NATO country and the first Prime Minister of Italy born after Italy became a Republic in 1946.


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