20 Facts About Sandro Gozi

Sandro Gozi is an Italian politician, former Undersecretary of State for European Affairs in the Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni governments.

Sandro Gozi is President of the Brussels-based EU-India Association and The Spinelli Group.

Sandro Gozi then obtained a diplome d'etudes approfondies at SciencesPo in Paris in 1994.

Sandro Gozi holds a master's degree in international politics from Brussels Free University in 1998.

Sandro Gozi said to have voted for the first time for the Italian Republican Party.

Between 1995 and 1996, Sandro Gozi worked in Italy's foreign service, dealing with economic relations with the states of the former Yugoslavia, Turkey, Cyprus, Albania, and Greece.

Sandro Gozi subsequently was an official at the General Secretariat of the European Commission for almost a decade from 1996 to 2005, dealing with relations with the European Parliament, and then with the negotiation for the adoption of the euro.

In 2001, Sandro Gozi was appointed coordinator for the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe.

Sandro Gozi has been visiting lecturer at various European universities, including the College of Europe in Bruges, and the European College in Parma, as well as the Drew University of Madison, New Jersey.

At the 2008 Italian general election, Sandro Gozi was re-elected as MP for Umbria for the PD, again serving as head of the party delegation in the parliamentary committee for European affairs.

At the 2009 PD leadership election, Sandro Gozi served as national manager and Emilia-Romagna coordinator for the Ignazio Marino campaign.

That same yeat, Sandro Gozi launched a domestic campaign to support the appointment of Mario Draghi, the governor of Banca d'Italia, as next President of the European Central Bank.

From 2011 to 2013, Sandro Gozi was ambassador for the Rome bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

At the 2013 Italian general election, Sandro Gozi was elected again as MP for Lombardy for the PD.

On 28 February 2014, Sandro Gozi joined the Renzi Cabinet as Under-Secretary for European Affairs in the office of Matteo Renzi.

In 2015, Sandro Gozi called for a two-speed Europe that would let countries which desired closer integration forge ahead.

At the 2018 Italian general election, Sandro Gozi was candidate for Parliament in his native Emilia-Romagna, where he came in third among the PD candidates and was not elected.

In December 2018, Sandro Gozi said he was working, together with Carlo Calenda and +Europa, on a new party for Renzi aimed at gathering the votes of moderates leaving Forza Italia and of disgruntled grillini.

Sandro Gozi ranked 22nd on the list and remained a member of the Democratic Party in Italy while participating in the elections.

Sandro Gozi was in conspiracy with Simone Celli, former Secretary of State of the Republic of San Marino, and was charged against President Tomasetti for facts related to that investigation.