Walter Veltroni

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Walter Veltroni Template:Post-nominals ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 3 July 1955) is an Italian writer, film director, journalist and politician. He served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the Italian centre-left opposition until his resignation on 17 February 2009.<ref name="bbc_veltroni_resignations">Template:Cite news</ref> He also served as mayor of Rome from June 2001 to February 2008.

Early life and familyEdit

Veltroni was born in Rome. His father, Vittorio Veltroni, an eminent RAI manager in the 1950s, died one year after his birth.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His mother, Ivanka Kotnik, was the daughter of Ciril Kotnik, a Slovenian diplomat at the Holy See who helped numerous Jews and anti-fascists to escape Nazi persecution after 1943.<ref>Testimony of the rabbi S. Sorani in the book: Robert G. Weisbord & Wallace P. Sillanpoa, The Chief Rabbi, the Pope, and the Holocaust: An Era in Vatican-Jewish Relations 1992, p. 64</ref>

Political careerEdit

Veltroni joined the Italian Communist Youth Federation (FGCI) at the age of 15, and was elected Rome city councillor in 1976 as a member of the Italian Communist Party (PCI), serving until 1981. He was then elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1987. As a member of the PCI's national secretariat in 1988, he played a leading role in the transformation into a social democratic party.Template:Citation needed

Veltroni, a professional journalist, was editor-in-chief of L'Unità, the newspaper of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) from 1992 to 1996. He then ran as one of the leading members of The Olive Tree coalition in the 1996 Italian general election. After The Olive Tree's victory, he served as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister for Cultural Assets and Activities from 1996 to 1998, joining 25 other PDS members in the cabinet, which was the first former PCI members to take part in government since 1947. Also in 1996, he joined the Bilderberg Meeting. In 1998, he resigned, subsequent to his election as National Secretary of the Democrats of the Left (DS). Despite his background as a journalist, he has been involved in controversial episodes related to freedom of expression. For example, in 2001, after the late-night show Satyricon aired an interview that discussed indictments on links between the right-wing leader and the mafia, Marco Travaglio reported that Veltroni dispatched a messenger menacing the closure of the show.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Mayor of RomeEdit

In 2001, Veltroni resigned as leader of the party after being elected mayor of Rome. In May 2006, Veltroni was confirmed mayor of Rome, easily defeating Gianni Alemanno, a former Minister of Agriculture and then a member of National Alliance, obtaining an unprecedented 61.4% of the valid votes against the 37.1% achieved by Alemanno. The percentage of votes that supported Veltroni's second term in office was a record in local elections in Rome. Shortly before this confirmation, Veltroni had declared that he was going to leave politics at the end of his second term as mayor.Template:Citation needed In 2005, as mayor of Rome, he met in Washington during a visit to the United States the then United States senator Barack Obama,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> being one of his earliest supporters overseas.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He wrote the preface to the Italian edition of The Audacity of Hope in 2007,<ref>Libreria Rizzoli Galleria Template:Dead link, libreriarizzoli.it; accessed 29 June 2015.Template:In lang</ref> and has been referred to as "Obama's European counterpart".<ref>Obama's European counterparts, Los Angeles Times; accessed 29 June 2015.</ref>

By 2007, Veltroni was widely considered one of the most popular centre-left politicians in Italy, and often singled out for the leadership of the Democratic Party (PD), despite his statements that he would not accept such position after his tenure as mayor would end. In June 2007, DS leader Piero Fassino publicly asked Veltroni to run for the party leadership, offering support from all of his party. Several other PD leading members publicly stated their support for a possible candidacy of Veltroni. Furthermore, the strongest of his possible contenders, Pier Luigi Bersani, which polls showed as having a 50% support in regions of Central and Northern Italy,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> withdrew to avoid a "confusing candidacy".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Veltroni officially presented his candidacy for the leadership of the PD at a rally in Turin on 27 June 2007. At this occasion, he introduced the four key issues his programme would address: environment, generational pact, education, and public security.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Leader of the Democratic PartyEdit

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Veltroni during the electoral campaign in April 2008

Veltroni was elected as the first leader of the newly founded PD on 14 October 2007, winning an open primary with around 2.6 million votes, or 75.8%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> In 2007, Veltroni had some remarks against the Romanian immigrants, claiming that Italy has become "unlivable" since Romania joined the European Union,<ref>"Romanian actress battles racism in Italy", The Independent, 10 October 2008</ref> while before its entry Rome was "the safest city in the world", bringing accusations of xenophobia from the Romanian press.<ref>Template:In lang "Romanii din afara granitelor – Cine le apara interesele?" Template:Webarchive, 22, vol. 15, no. 928; 18 December 2007</ref>

Following the 2008 Italian political crisis that led to the defeat of Romano Prodi's government in a January vote in the Senate of the Republic,<ref>Elisabeth Rosenthal, "With Flawed System Unchanged, Italy Sets Elections for April", The New York Times, 7 February 2008.</ref> Veltroni led the PD into the 2008 Italian general election on 13–14 April 2008. Veltroni resigned as mayor of Rome on 13 February 2008 to concentrate on the campaign.<ref>Steve Scherer, "Veltroni Resigns as Rome Mayor to Take on Berlusconi (Update1)", Bloomberg.com, 13 February 2008.</ref> He was criticized for his over-frequentation of Rome socialites and was advised to focus on more practical problems.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 17 February 2009, following clashes within the party and only a day after a heavy defeat of the PD in the 2009 Sardinian regional election,<ref>Berlusconi's candidate wins elections in Sardinia</ref> Veltroni announced his immediate resignation from his leadership post.<ref name="bbc_veltroni_resignations" /> The Constituent Assembly of the party subsequently convened on 21 February 2009 and elected Veltroni's former deputy Dario Franceschini as the new secretary.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Public imageEdit

On 28 September 2014, in Venice, <ref name=Sky-Wedded-2014>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=USAToday-Wedded-2014>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=CorrieredellaSera-WedLeak-2014>Template:Cite news</ref> Veltroni officiated the wedding of George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin.<ref name=CorrieredellaSera-WedLeak-2014 /><ref name=Telegraph-exRomeMayor-2014>Template:Cite news</ref> The wedding was widely reported in the media.<ref name=Telegraph-WeddingEnds-2014>Template:Cite news</ref>

AwardsEdit

In 2003, Veltroni received an honoris causa degree in Public Services from the John Cabot University of Rome. In 2006, he received the title of Cavaliere di Gran Croce (Knight of the Grand Cross) from the then-Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. He won the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2009.<ref name="2009 America Prize Ceremony at the Deputies Chamber">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

WorksEdit

Veltroni has written a number of books on various topics, such as music, social issues, fiction, biographies, and politics.

1977 – Il PCI e la questione giovanile ("The PCI and the Youth Issue")
1978 – A dieci anni dal '68. Intervista con Achille Occhetto ("Ten Years Since 1968: Interview with Achille Occhetto")
1981 – Il sogno degli anni sessanta ("The Dream of the Sixties")
1982 – Il calcio è una scienza da amare ("Football Is a Science to Be Loved")
1990 – Io e Berlusconi (e la Rai) ("Me and Berlusconi (and RAI)")
1992 – I programmi che hanno cambiato l'Italia ("Programs that Changed Italy")
1992 – Il sogno spezzato. Le idee di Robert Kennedy ("The Broken Dream: The ideas of Robert Kennedy")
1992 – La sfida interrotta. Le idee di Enrico Berlinguer ("The Interrupted Challenge: The ideas of Enrico Berlinguer")
1994 – Certi piccoli amori ("Certain Small Loves")
1995 – La bella politica (interview book) ("Politics, the Beautiful")
1997 – Certi piccoli amori 2 ("Certain Small Loves 2")
1997 – Governare da sinistra ("To Govern from the Left")
2000 – I care. Con videocassetta ("I Care: With Videotape")
2000 – Forse Dio è malato. Diario di un viaggio africano ("Perhaps God Is Sick: Diary of an African journey")
2003 – Il disco del mondo. Vita breve di Luca Flores, musicista ("The Disc of the World: Short Life of Luca Flores, the Musician")
2004 – Senza Patricio ("Without Patricio")
2006 – La scoperta dell'alba ("Discovery of the Dawn")
2007 – Preface to Barack Obama, L'audacia della speranza (The Audacity of Hope)
2009 – Noi ("We")
2019 – Assassinio a Villa Borghese ("Murder at Villa Borghese" )
2024 – La Condanna ("The Sentence")

FilmographyEdit

Film directorEdit

2014 – Quando c'era Berlinguer ("When Berlinguer Was There")
2015 – I bambini sanno ("Children Know")
2016 – Gli occhi cambiano ("Eyes Change")
2017 – Indizi di felicità ("Clues to Happiness")
2018 – Tutto davanti a questi occhi ("All Before These Eyes")
2019 – C'è tempo ("There Is Time")

Electoral historyEdit

Election	House	Constituency	Party		Votes	Result
1987	Chamber of Deputies	Rome–Viterbo–Latina–Frosinone	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PCI	19,258	Template:Tick Elected
1992	Chamber of Deputies	Perugia–Terni–Rieti	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PDS	25,981	Template:Tick Elected
1994	Chamber of Deputies	Gubbio	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PDS	38,815	Template:Tick Elected
1996	Chamber of Deputies	Rome Centre	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PDS	35,086	Template:Tick Elected
2008	Chamber of Deputies	Lazio 2	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PD	–Template:Efn	Template:Tick Elected

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First-past-the-post electionsEdit

1994 general election (C): Gubbio
Candidate		Coalition	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Walter Veltroni	Progressives (PDS)	38,815	48.1
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Francesca Caccinelli	Pole of Good Government (FI)	28,445	35.3
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Marcello Piccini	Pact for Italy (PS)	13,431	16.6
Total			80,691	100.0

1996 general election (C): Rome Centre
Candidate		Coalition	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Walter Veltroni	The Olive Tree (PDS)	35,086	49.9
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Filippo Mancuso	Pole for Freedoms (FI)	32,203	45.8
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Isabella Rauti	Tricolour Flame	3,016	4.3
Total			70,305	100.0

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