Filippo Maria Pandolfi

Filippo Maria Pandolfi (born 1 November 1927 in Bergamo) is an Italian former politician, minister and European commissioner.

Pandolfi graduated in philosophy at the Università Cattolica Milano, taught for some years and then worked for a publisher of scholastic books.

He was a member of the Christian Democracy party. He was elected to the Italian parliament in 1968, heading the list in electoral district of Brescia–Bergamo in 1976, 1979, 1983, and 1987.

Filippo Pandolfi was finance undersecretary in the Aldo Moro government from 1974 to 1976. In 1976 he became Minister of Finance, in 1978 Minister of the Treasury, then from 1980 to 1983 Minister for Industry and Trade, and finally from 1983 to 1988 Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.

From 6 January 1989 to 5 January 1993 he was the European Commissioner in the Delors Commission, having portfolio for Research and Development.

External links

• Online biography at Atheneum NAE website (Italian)

Political offices
Preceded by Gaetano Stammati	Italian Minister of Finance 29 July 1976 – 11 March 1978	Succeeded by Franco Maria Malfatti
Preceded by Gaetano Stammati	Italian Minister of Exchequer 11 March 1978 – 18 October 1980	Succeeded by Beniamino Andreatta
Preceded by Antonio Bisaglia	Italian Minister of Trade and Industry 20 December 1980 – 28 June 1981	Succeeded by Giovanni Marcora
Preceded by Giovanni Marcora	Italian Minister of Trade and Industry 1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983	Succeeded by Renato Altissimo
Preceded by Giuseppe Bartolomei	Italian Minister of Agriculture and Forestry 4 August 1983 – 13 April 1988	Succeeded by Calogero Antonio Mannino
Preceded by Karl-Heinz Narjes	European Commissioner 6 January 1989 – 5 January 1993	Succeeded by Antonio Ruberti
Preceded by Lorenzo Natali	Italian member to Commission of the European Communities 6 January 1989 – 5 January 1993	Succeeded by Antonio Ruberti