Curriculum vitae

PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH:

Avigliana (Turin) on 7 October 1949

NATIONALITY:

Italian

EDUCATION:

Political Science Degree

Foreign languages: English, French, Spanish

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Current international positions

EU Special Envoy for Burma / Myanmar (since November 6^th, 2007)

Chairman, Middle East Committee of the Socialist International

Member and Special Rapporteur on Middle East, Council of Europe

Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Member of the Western European Union Parliamentary Assembly

Current domestic positions

Member, Italian Parliament (Chamber of Deputies). Elected MP on 2008 for the fifth time

Member, Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies

Responsible for Democratic Party’s (PD) Foreign Policy

Earlier international positions

1995 Vice-Chairman, Italy-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Association

1994 - 1996 Vice-Chairman, Socialist Group of the Council of Europe

1991 - 1996 International Secretary, Democrats of the Left Party (PDS)

Earlier domestic positions

2001 - 2007 Secretary-General, Democrats of the Left Party (DS)

2000 - 2001 Minister for Justice

1998 - 2000 Minister for Foreign Trade

1996 - 1998 State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and European Policies

PUBLICATIONS:

Piero Fassino, Sicurezza e Giustizia. Conversazioni con Paolo Borgna, Donzelli, 2001

Piero Fassino, Per passione, Rizzoli, 2003

Piero Fassino, Amartya Sen, Sebastiano Maffettone, Giustizia globale, Il Saggiatore, 2006

Essayist and writer on politics, economics and social issues

MARRIED TO:

Anna Maria Serafini