[photo] Lamberto Dini
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Italy

  • Born in Florence on March 1, 1931;

  • Degree in Economics summa cum laude University of Florence (1955);

  • Postgraduate studies at the University of Minnesota and Michigan (1957-1959); recipient of a Stringher Scholarship of the Bank of Italy, a Fulbright Scholarship of the U.S. Government, and a Ford Foundation Research Fellowship;

  • Official of the International Monetary Fund (1959-1975);

  • Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (1976-1980), elected by Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal and Malta;

  • Director General of the Bank of Italy (October 1979-May 1994);

  • Member of the Monetary Committee of the European Economic Communities (1980-May 1994);

  • Chairman of the Deputies of the Group of Ten (October 1981-May 1994);

  • Member of the Board of Directors (1989-May 1994) and Vice President (September 1993-May 1994) of the Bank for International Settlements;

  • Member of the Foundation Board of the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies, Geneva from 1980 and President, 1992-1995;

  • Minister of the Treasury in the Government of Prime Minister Berlusconi (May 1994-January 1995);

  • Governor for Italy in the International Monetary Fund, the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Inter American Development Bank (May 1994-May 1996);

  • President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of the Treasury, from January 17, 1995 to May 17, 1996. Also Minister of Justice ad interim, Oct. 19, 1995 - Feb. 16, 1996;

  • Minister of Foreign Affairs since May 18, 1996.

    Source: Rome, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    June 5, 1996

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