Paolo Ferrero

Paolo Ferrero


Minister of Social Solidarity
In office 17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Roberto Maroni
Succeeded by	Maurizio Sacconi
Personal details
Born	(1960-11-17) 17 November 1960 Pomaretto, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Communist Refoundation Party

Paolo Ferrero (born 17 November 1960) is an Italian politician. He is a member of the Communist Refoundation Party and served as Minister of Social Solidarity from 2006 to 2008 as part of the Prodi II Cabinet.

Career

Ferrero was born in Pomaretto, in the province of Turin.

A former FIAT worker, he started his political commitment at the age of 17, joining the Proletarian Democracy party. Unlike the majority of his party, Ferrero is religious and is a member of the Waldensian Evangelical Church and was the leader of the youth evangelical Waldensian federation before fully entering politics in 1987. He served as Turin city councillor from 1993 to 1997. He has two children, aged 18 and 12.

Ferrero was first elected as a Member of Parliament in 2006. Prior to his appointment to the cabinet of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in 2006, he was responsible for the Communist Refoundation Party's social, economic and labour department. He is responsible for social policy, national civil service, non-EU immigrants and drug-related policies.

On 27 July 2008 Ferrero was elected secretary of the Communist Refoundation Party, winning over the other major candidate Nichi Vendola.

Sources

(Italian) A portrait of Paolo Ferrero (Repubblica.it)

Political offices
Preceded by Roberto Maroni	Italian Minister of Social Solidarity 2006–2008	Succeeded by Maurizio Sacconi
Party political offices
Preceded by Franco Giordano	Leader of the Communist Refoundation Party 2008–present	Incumbent

Communist Refoundation Party Elected Representatives 2006–2008

Members of the Chamber of Deputies	Maurizio Acerbo Fausto Bertinotti Alberto Burgio Paolo Cacciari Francesco Caruso Luigi Cogodi Peppe De Cristofaro Titti De Simone Elettra Deiana Daniela Dioguardi Donatella Duranti Antonio Falomi Daniele Farina Paolo Ferrero Pietro Folena Francesco Forgione Mercedes Frias Alfonso Gianni Franco Giordano Salvatore Iacomino Pietro Ingrao Angela Lombardi Vladimir Luxuria Ramon Mantovani Graziella Mascia Gennaro Migliore Donatella Mungo Sergio Olivieri Gian Luigi Pegolo Maria Cristina Perugia Marilde Provera Alì Rashid Andrea Ricci Mario Ricci Augusto Rocchi Franco Russo Patrizia Sentinelli Sabina Siniscalchi Massimiliano Smeriglio Maurizio Zipponi

Members of the Senate of the Republic	Martino Albonetti Daniela Alfonzi Salvatore Allocca Maria Luisa Boccia Salvatore Bonadonna Giovanna Capelli Milziade Caprili Giovanni Confalonieri José Luiz Del Roio Giuseppe Di Lello Finuoli Erminia Emprin Rina Gagliardi Fosco Giannini Claudio Grassi Heidi Guiliani Santo Liotta Luigi Malabarba Francesco Martone Lidia Menapace Maria Celeste Nardini Anna Maria Palermo Giovanni Russo Spena Tommaso Sodano Raffaele Tecce Tiziana Valpiana Olimpia Vano Stefano Zuccherini

Members of the European Parliament	Vittorio Agnoletto Giusto Catania Corrado Gabriele Luisa Morgantini Roberto Musacchio

Prodi II Cabinet (2006–8)

Prodi

D'Alema Rutelli Amato Padoa-Schioppa Parisi Mastella Scotti Bersani De Castro Fioroni Mussi Turco Damiano Ferrero Di Pietro Bianchi Pecoraro Scanio Gentiloni Bonino Chiti Nicolais Lanzillotta Santagata Pollastrini Melandri Bindi

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 42127633 LCCN: n2005034525 ISNI: 0000 0001 2129 9767 GND: 141696060 SUDOC: 092100988 BNF: cb15054657g (data)

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