Paolo Gentiloni
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The Honourable Paolo Gentiloni MP |
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| 57th Prime Minister of Italy | |
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Assumed office 12 December 2016 |
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| President | Sergio Mattarella |
| Preceded by | Matteo Renzi |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 31 October 2014 – 12 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Matteo Renzi |
| Preceded by | Federica Mogherini |
| Succeeded by | Angelino Alfano |
| Minister of Communications | |
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In office 17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Mario Landolfi |
| Succeeded by | Claudio Scajola (Economic Development) |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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Assumed office 30 May 2001 |
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| Constituency |
Piedmont 2 (2001–2006) Lazio 1 (2006–present) |
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Paolo Gentiloni Silveri 22 November 1954 Rome, Italy |
| Political party | Democratic Party (2007–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
The Daisy (2002–2007) |
| Spouse(s) | Emanuela Mauro |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University |
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Paolo Gentiloni Silveri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːolo dʒentiˈloːni]; born 22 November 1954) is an Italian politician who has been Prime Minister of Italy since 12 December 2016.
Gentiloni, a member of the Democratic Party, served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 31 October 2014 until December 2016, when President Sergio Mattarella asked him to form a new government. Previously he was Minister of Communications from 2006 to 2008, during the second government of Romano Prodi.
A descendant of Count Gentiloni Silveri, he is related to the Italian politician Vincenzo Ottorino Gentiloni, leader of the conservative Catholic Electoral Union and a key ally of the long-time Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti. He has the title of of Filottrano, Nobile of Cingoli and Nobile of Macerata.
Born in Rome, he attended the Classical Lyceum Torquato Tasso in the city and graduated in political sciences at the La Sapienza University; Gentiloni is a professional journalist.
Gentiloni was a member of the Student Movement (Movimento Studentesco), an extreme left-wing youth organization led by Mario Capanna; when Capanna founded the Proletarian Democracy party, Gentiloni did not follow him, and joined the Workers' Movement for Socialism. During those years he became a close friend of Chicco Testa who helped Gentiloni to become director of La Nuova Ecologia ("The New Ecology"), the official newspaper of Legambiente. As director of this ecologist newspaper he met the young leader of Federation of the Greens, Francesco Rutelli.
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