Gualtieri was born in Rome in 1966. In 1992 he graduated in Literature and Philology at Sapienza University of Rome.[3] In 1997,he obtained a Ph.D. in history at the Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici di San Marino.[4] Gualtieri later became professor of Contemporary history at Sapienza University of Rome,where he had authored several books and articles on twentieth century Italian history and on the history of European integration.[5]
Political career
Since 2001,Gualtieri has been deputy director of the Gramsci Institute Foundation.[6] In the same year,he became a member of Democrats of the Left (DS),the main social-democratic political party in Italy,direct heir of the Italian Communist Party.
In 2006,Gualtieri was among the founders of the Democratic Party (Congress of Orvieto,October 2006) and he was among the "wise men" who wrote its Manifesto.[7] In 2007 he was elected to the National Assembly of the party and since 2008 he has been a member of its National board,where he was confirmed in 2014.[8] Gualtieri voted against party leader Matteo Renzi in favour of post-communists both in 2013 and 2014 (the year Renzi won the leadership ballot).[9]
From 2008 to 2011,Gualtieri served as director (with JoséLuis Rhi-Sausi) of the "Annual Report on European Integration" (published by Il Mulino).[10] Since 2009,he is a member of the editorial committee of the Foundation "Italianieuropei" .
In December 2011,Gualtieri was part of the European Parliament negotiating team (with Brok,Verhofstadt and Daniel Cohn-Bendit) for the establishment of the "Fiscal Compact".[12] In October 2012,he was designated "sherpa" negotiator for the European Parliament (with Brok,Verhofstadt and Cohn-Bendit) in the working group set up by Herman Van Rompuy on a Genuine Economic and Monetary Union.[13] In 2013 he was co-rapporteur of the Report on constitutional problems of a multitier governance in the European Union with RafałTrzaskowski.[14] In 2013,he participated in the elaboration of the new Treaty for the European Union,with Brok,Verhofstaft,Cohn-Bendit,Andrew Duff and Jo Leinen,promoted by the "Spinelli Group",of which he is a member.[15]
From 2016,Gualtieri was also a member of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering,tax avoidance and tax evasion. In addition,he was a member of the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue (TLD),[18] the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency,Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime)[19] and of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[20]
From 2017,Gualtieri served on the Parliament's so-called Brexit Steering Group,which works under the aegis of the Conference of Presidents and to coordinates Parliament's deliberations,considerations and resolutions on the UK's withdrawal from the EU.[21] Within group,he was –together with Guy Verhofstadt and Elmar Brok –one of the Parliament's representatives at the European Council Sherpa meetings on Brexit.
Following the 2019 elections,Gualtieri was part of a cross-party working group in charge of drafting the European Parliament's five-year work program on economic and fiscal policies as well as trade.[22]
Shortly after,Gualtieri was elected vice-chair of the S&D Group,under the leadership of chairwoman Iratxe García.[23]
Minister of Economy and Finance
Gualtieri with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury,Steven Mnuchin
In August 2019 tensions grew within the populist government,leading to the issuing of a motion of no-confidence on Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte by the League.[24] After Conte's resignation,the national board of the PD officially opened to the possibility of forming a new cabinet in a coalition with the M5S,[25] based on pro-Europeanism,green economy,sustainable development,fight against economic inequality and a new immigration policy.[26] The party also accepted that Conte may continue at the head of a new government,[27] and on 29 August President Sergio Mattarella formally invested Conte to do so.[28] On 5 September 2019 Gualtieri was appointed Minister of Economy and Finance.[29]
In July 2020,Gualtieri,along with Prime Minister Conte and Minister Vincenzo Amendola,played a key role in one of the longest European Councils in history. After days of harsh confrontations,[31] the European leaders agreed on a new proposal by the President of the Council,Charles Michel,which provided a budget of €750 billion for the so-called Recovery Fund,composed of €390 billion in grants and €360 billion in loans.[32] Italy would benefit from nearly €82 billion in grants and €127 billion in loans.[33][34]
On 9 May 2021,Gualtieri officially announced his candidacy as Mayor of Rome in the upcoming election.[38] On 18 October,he defeated the centre-right candidate,Enrico Michetti,with 60.2% of votes.[39] He took office on 21 October 2021.[40]
In 2016,the magazine Politico ranked Gualtieri as number 8 among 40 most influential MEPs.[42]
Personal life
Gualtieri is married and he has a son.[43] He was once a semi-professional bossa nova musician who accompanied Brazilian singer Rosalia de Souza when she performed in Italy.[9]
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