Francesco Boccia










































The Honourable


Francesco Boccia


MP

Francesco Boccia daticamera 2018.jpg
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent

Assumed office
29 April 2008

Personal details
Born
(1968-03-18) 18 March 1968 (age 50)
Bisceglie, Italy
Nationality Italian
Political party Democratic Party
Spouse(s) Nunzia De Girolamo
Children 3
Alma mater University of Bari
Profession
Academic, Economist

Francesco Boccia (born 18 March 1968) is an Italian academic and politician of the Democratic Party.




Contents






  • 1 Biography


    • 1.1 Academic career


    • 1.2 Political career




  • 2 Personal life


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Biography



Academic career


Boccia graduated from University of Bari with a degree in Political Sciences. In 1994, he obtained a Master of Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan.


From 1994 to 1998 he was a researcher at the European Institute, the Economic and Social Cohesion Laboratory of the London School of Economics. In 2002 he was Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago, at the College of Public Administration. From 1998 to 2005 he was director of the Research Center for Land Development at the Carlo Cattaneo University of Castellanza. Since 2016 he has been president of the interdisciplinary Research Center on Governance and Public Policies at the University of Molise.


He was the economic advisor to then Minister of Industry Enrico Letta from 1998 to 2001, and shortly thereafter joined The Daisy.



Political career


Boccia has been Councilor for the economy in the city of Bari from July 2004 to October 2006, and is considered to be very close to former mayor of Bari and president of Apulia Michele Emiliano.[1]


During the Prodi II Cabinet, from 2006 to 2008, he has been Head of the Department for the Development of Territorial Economies of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, and was as well the liquidator commissioner and chairman of the extraordinary organ of liquidation of the financial instability of the city of Taranto.


In view of the 2005 regional elections, he is running for the primary elections of The Union held on 16 January 2005 to decide who will be the candidate for president of Apulia: he is defeated by Nichi Vendola, who is then elected president of Apulia.[2] He tries once again to run for the primaries in view of the 2010 regional elections, but is again defeated by Vendola.[3]


He has been elected for the first time at the Chamber of Deputies in 2008, and has been re-elected in 2013 and in 2018.



Personal life


Boccia had a long relationship with Benedetta Rizzo and the couple had a boy and a girl: Edoardo and Ludovica.[4] In 2011 he married The People of Freedom politician Nunzia De Girolamo:[5] the two had a daughter named Gea.



References





  1. ^ "Bari - Il sindaco Emiliano presenta la nuova giunta". La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno. 20 July 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Vendola: Francesco come vice". La Repubblica. 18 January 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2018.


  3. ^ "Puglia, Vendola ha stravinto. In 200mila al voto per le primarie". La Repubblica. 24 January 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2018.


  4. ^ "Benedetta, due figli e il think-tank di Letta". La Stampa. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2018.


  5. ^ "Boccia-De Girolamo, sposi dopo l'estate, "Ma prima aspettiamo che nasca Gea"". Corriere del Mezzogiorno. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2018.




External links


  • Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): XVI, XVII, XVIII legislature.








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