Franco Malfatti
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| Born | Franco Maria Malfatti di Monte Tretto 13 June 1927 Rome, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 December 1991 (Age 64) Rome, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | • University of Milan • University of Rome | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Alessia Bianchi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Christian Democracy | ||||||||||||||||||||
3rd President of the European Commission. Triple Bilderberger Italian politician
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Franco Maria Malfatti was an Italian politician and important member of the governing council of Democrazia Cristiana. He attended two Bilderberg meetings in 1964 and 1966, before being selected President of the European Commission in 1970, and one afterwards, in 1974.
Career
In Democrazia Cristiana, he was a member of Dossetti's faction, together with Amintore Fanfani, Aldo Moro, and Giorgio La Pira. In 1951 he was elected national representative for young members; in 1958 he was elected deputy for the districts of Rieti and Umbria.
He was also the third President of the European Commission from 1970 to 1972. At 43 he was the youngest person to assume the office. The Malfatti Commission began as the integration process was relaunched: the EC adopted a financial framework and competed for the single market. There was also the beginnings of political cooperation, monetary cooperation, and of enlargement as talks opened with Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom.[1]
He resigned from this post in 1972 to run for office in Italy.[2]
He was minister of Education 1973-78, Foreign Affairs (1979–1980), and Finance (1978–1979). He was politically close to Aldo Moro's faction.
In the 1980s he was chief of the Italian delegation in the European Parliament.
Malfatti died in Rome on December 10, 1991 at the age of 64.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1964 | 20 March 1964 | 22 March 1964 | US Virginia Williamsburg | A year after this meeting, the post of GATT/Director-General was set up, and given Eric Wyndham White, who attended the '64 meeting. Several subsequent holders have been Bilderberg insiders, only 2 are not known to have attended the group. |
| Bilderberg/1966 | 25 March 1966 | 27 March 1966 | Germany Wiesbaden Hotel Nassauer Hof | Top of the agenda of the 15th Bilderberg in Wiesbaden, Germany, was the restructuring of NATO. Since this discussion was held, all permanent holders of the position of NATO Secretary General have attended at least one Bilderberg conference prior to their appointment. |
| Bilderberg/1974 | 19 April 1974 | 21 April 1974 | France Hotel Mont d' Arbois Megève | The 23rd Bilderberg, held in France |
