1. Giorgio Ruffolo was an Italian economist, journalist and politician who held several government posts and was the minister of environment for five years between 1987 and 1992 in four successive cabinets.
10 Facts About Giorgio Ruffolo
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Giorgio Ruffolo was a member of the now defunct Italian Socialist Party and a significant socialist intellectual.
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Giorgio Ruffolo is known to be the founder of economic planning in Italy.
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Giorgio Ruffolo was part of the Italian Socialist Youth Federation.
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Giorgio Ruffolo headed the research and public relations department of Eni between 1956 and 1962.
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Giorgio Ruffolo joined the Italian Socialist Party and was elected to the Italian Parliament in 1983.
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Giorgio Ruffolo was the president of a public investment company, Finanziaria Meridionale, which had been established to improve the economic development of Southern Italy.
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From 1987 to 1992, Giorgio Ruffolo was the minister of environment.
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Giorgio Ruffolo was a contributor to the Italian edition of Huffington Post and Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
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Giorgio Ruffolo died in Rome on 16 February 2023, at the age of 96.