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Antonio Tajani

Antonio Tajani

Antonio Tajani, born in 1953, is an Italian politician and former journalist.

Born
1953 (73 years), Rome
Party
Forza Italia
Office
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic 2022–
Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Italy 2022–
Education
Sapienza University of Rome
Website
antoniotajani.it
Political position

Centre-right · Where sources place this person
Wikipedia: liberal economic policies; Forza Italia is a centre-right party
Ideology: liberal conservatism, christian democracy, pro-Europeanism

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He is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs since October 2022 and secretary of Forza Italia since 2023. He is a former President of the European Parliament. He is named as a possible Prime Minister of Italy in the next general election.

Career

Tajani joined Forza Italia in 1994 and was a Member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2008. He was European Commissioner for Transport from 2008 to 2010 and for Industry and Entrepreneurship from 2010 to 2014, then returned to the Parliament from 2014 to 2022, serving as its President from 2017 to 2019. Since October 2022 he has been Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, and since July 2023, after Silvio Berlusconi's death in June, secretary of Forza Italia.

Offices held
  1. Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic 2022–
  2. Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Italy 2022–
  3. Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs 2022–
  4. Member of the European Parliament 1994–2008, 2014–2022
  5. President of the European Parliament 2017–2019
  6. Vice President of the European Parliament 2014–2017
  7. European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship 2010–2014
  8. European Commissioner for Transport 2008–2010

Source: Wikidata

Positions

Wikipedia describes liberal economic policies, support for civil unions while keeping a traditional definition of family, opposition to jus soli citizenship and support for a federal Europe. He has recently called Israel's military response in Gaza dramatic and unacceptable.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia

Photo: European People's Party, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Prime Minister of Italy?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Giorgia MeloniRight4956%
Elly SchleinLeft4117%
Giuseppe ConteCentre-left6213%
Roberto VannacciFar right578%
Silvia SalisCentre-left415%
Mario Draghi1%
Matteo RenziCentre511%
Matteo SalviniRight531%
Angelo BonelliLeft64<1%
Carlo CalendaCentre53<1%
Antonio TajaniCentre-right73<1%
Guido CrosettoCentre-right63<1%

All 12 outcomes

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