# Renato Brunetta

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Italian economist and politician (born 1950)

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Renato Brunetta President of the CNEL Incumbent Assumed office 20 April 2023 Preceded by Tiziano Treu Minister of Public Administration In office 13 February 2021 – 22 October 2022 Prime Minister Mario Draghi Preceded by Fabiana Dadone Succeeded by Paolo Zangrillo In office 8 May 2008 – 16 November 2011 Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Preceded by Luigi Nicolais Succeeded by Filippo Patroni Griffi Member of the Chamber of Deputies In office 28 April 2008 – 12 October 2022 Constituency Veneto Member of the European Parliament for North-East Italy In office 20 July 1999 – 28 April 2008 Personal details Born (1950-05-15) 15 May 1950 (age 76) Venice, Italy Party PSI (1983–1994) FI (1994–2009) PdL (2009–2013) FI (2013–2022) Spouse Titti Giovannoni Alma mater University of Padua Profession Economist Politician

**Renato Brunetta** (born 15 May 1950) is an Italian [economist](/source/Economist) and [politician](/source/Politician). He was the [Minister of Public Administration](/source/Italian_Minister_of_Public_Administration) and Innovation from 8 May 2008 to 16 November 2011 in the [Berlusconi](/source/Silvio_Berlusconi) government. He was also the Minister for Public Administration in the [Draghi](/source/Draghi_Cabinet) government, from 13 February 2021 until 22 October 2022. He was the head of Forza Italia's deputies group at the [Chamber of Deputies](/source/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Italy)) from 2013 to 2018.

## Early life and career

Renato Brunetta was born on 15 May 1950, in [Venice](/source/Venice), Italy, the youngest of three brothers. He grew up in a poor family and his father was a [peddler](/source/Peddler).[1] He attended the [classical lyceum](/source/Liceo_classico) Foscarini. Brunetta once said that as a boy, he often studied classics on his own, to "reduce the social gap between him and his fellow students".[2]

On 2 July 1973, he graduated in Political and [Economic Sciences](/source/Economic_Sciences) at the [University of Padua](/source/University_of_Padua). His academic career began at the same university shortly after graduation. Beginning as an [Assistant Professor](/source/Assistant_professor) of Theory and Development Policy and [Applied Economics](/source/Applied_economics), he went on to focus on Labour Policy in 1977. In 1982, he joined the Department of Economic and Social Analysis of the Territory at the Luav University of Venice where he performed the role of associate professor of Fundamentals of Economics.

From 1991 to 1999, he was associate professor of [Labour Economics](/source/Labour_economics) at [University of Rome Tor Vergata](/source/University_of_Rome_Tor_Vergata), where he also held the position of Professor of [Political Economy](/source/Political_economy) until 2009.[3]

Since 1976, Brunetta has been enrolled as a freelance [journalist](/source/Journalist) in the Order of Journalists of [Veneto](/source/Veneto). He is a columnist of *[Il Sole 24 Ore](/source/Il_Sole_24_Ore)* and *[Il Giornale](/source/Il_Giornale)*. Moreover, he is the founder and editor of the magazine *Labor – Reviews of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations*, published by [Wiley-Blackwell](/source/Wiley-Blackwell) for the Center for Economic and International Studies (CEIS) of the Tor Vergata University.

Together with [Vittorio Feltri](/source/Vittorio_Feltri), he wrote a series of Manuals of Political Conversation published by *[Libero](/source/Libero_(newspaper))*. In June 2020, he briefly became a columnist for *Il Riformista*, a centrist and liberal newspaper directed by Piero Sansonetti, which he left in October 2020.[4]

## Political activity

He is a former member of the [Italian Socialist Party](/source/Italian_Socialist_Party).

## Career

- He is a former professor of Labour Economics at the [University of Rome Tor Vergata](/source/University_of_Rome_Tor_Vergata).

- In the 1980s and 1990s he was an economics adviser to the governments of [Bettino Craxi](/source/Bettino_Craxi), [Giuliano Amato](/source/Giuliano_Amato), and [Carlo Azeglio Ciampi](/source/Carlo_Azeglio_Ciampi).

- From 1985 to 1989, he was the vice-chairman of the Labour and Social Affairs Committee of the [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development](/source/Organisation_for_Economic_Co-operation_and_Development) (in [Paris](/source/Paris)).

- From 1983 to 1987 he was an official of the [Ministry of Labour](/source/Minister_of_Labour_(Italy)) with overall responsibility for [employment](/source/Employment) strategy and [incomes policy](/source/Incomes_policy).

- In 1989 he founded the European Association of Labour Economists, of which he is the first chairman.

- From 1999 to 2008 he was a member of the [European Parliament](/source/European_Parliament).

- He is the founder and editor of the journal *Labour - Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations.* He has also written for the newspapers *[Il Sole 24 Ore](/source/Il_Sole_24_Ore)*, *[Il Giornale](/source/Il_Giornale)*, and *[Avanti!](/source/Avanti!_(Italian_newspaper))*.

## See also

- [1999 European Parliament election in Italy](/source/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Italy)

- [2004 European Parliament election in Italy](/source/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Italy)

## External links

- [Personal profile of Renato Brunetta](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/4422) in the [European Parliament](/source/European_Parliament)'s database of members

- [Declaration](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-dif/4422_20-07-2004.PDF) (PDF) of [financial interests](/source/Declaration_of_financial_interests) (in Italian)

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Cazzullo, Aldo (June 15, 2008). ["Brunetta: io ministro ma vendevo gondolette"](http://www.corriere.it/politica/08_giugno_15/intervista_brunetta_con_tremonti_sfida_tra_geni_01e4a690-3ab0-11dd-b42b-00144f02aabc.shtml). *[Corriere della Sera](/source/Corriere_della_Sera)*. Retrieved November 26, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Giovanni Floris, *La fabbrica degli ignoranti. La disfatta della scuola italiana*, Milano, Rizzoli, 2008, p. 170. ISBN 978-88-17-02486-0

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Brunetta: prendo pensione da 3 mila euro](https://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/cronaca/2010/02/04/visualizza_new.html_1681154395.html), *ANSA*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Perché lascio la direzione del Riformista Economia](https://www.ilriformista.it/perche-lascio-la-direzione-del-riformista-economia-167336/), *Il Riformista*

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