Guido Bertolaso

Guido Bertolaso (born March 20, 1950, Rome, Italy) is an Italian physician and state functionary, and from 2001 to 2010 was commander in chief of the Italian Civil Protection department.[1][2][3][4][5]

Guido Bertolaso
Guido Bertolaso in 2009
Assessor of Welfare of Lombardy
Assumed office
2 November 2022
PresidentAttilio Fontana
Preceded byLetizia Moratti
Head of the Civil Protection
In office
7 September 2001 – 11 November 2010
Preceded byFranco Gabrielli
Succeeded byFranco Barberi
In office
19 June 1996 – 16 July 1997
Preceded byFerdinando Facchiano
Succeeded byFranco Barberi
Personal details
Born (1950-03-20) 20 March 1950
Rome, Italy
SpouseGloria Piermarini
Children2
OccupationPhysician

Biography

From May 2008 he was Secretary to the Prime Minister with responsibility to the waste crisis in Campania in the fourth Berlusconi government. He also held the post of Special Commissioner for the following emergencies: 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, volcanoes in the Aeolian Islands, maritime areas of Lampedusa, cleaning up the wreckage of the Haven tanker than sank in 1991, bionucleare risk, Cycling World Championships in Varese of 2008, the Presidency of the G8 summit in L'Aquila, and the Roman archaeological site.

He has a degree in medicine, which he received from the University of Rome La Sapienza and subsequently obtained a Master of Science in Public Health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He worked with UNICEF for the health of children in tropical countries.[6]

In February 2016 he was selected to be mayoral candidate for the right wing, Lega Nord, Fratelli d'Italia & Forza Italia in Rome for the upcoming town and city elections. The more extreme right, Lega Nord, Fratelli d'Italia & more to the right people in Forza Italia such as Alessandra Mussolini had some problem with him that resulted in the Fratelli d'Italia leader Giorgia Meloni running for mayor and being endorsed by Lega Nord. Finally Bertolaso withdrew from the race and Berlusconi endorsed Marchini. Surveys were showing a support rate of about 20% putting him a few percentages behind both the Democratic and the Five Stars candidates. The Five Star Movement candidate Virginia Raggi remained the frontrunner and was elected the first woman mayor of Rome.

Honour
  •  Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2 june 2005)[7]

References
  1. "Berlusconi aide denies corruption claim - World News | IOL News". IOL.co.za. 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  2. "Mudslides Kill at Least 18 in Eastern Sicily". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  3. "Haiti earthquake: Italian disaster expert attacks US response". Telegraph. 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  4. "Entertainment | Queen defy plea to scrap Rome gig". BBC News. 2005-04-05. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  5. Richard Branson (2010-10-24). "Naples waste offer rejected | euronews, world news". Euronews.com. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  6. "Welcome to CF". Cf-hst.net. 1981-12-21. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  7. "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
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