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Walter Veltroni

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Walter Veltroni

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Walter Veltroni is an Italian politician, writer, journalist, and film director born in Rome in 1955. He has served as Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Italy, Member of the European Parliament, and member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy. His political career includes membership in the Italian Communist Party, Democratic Party of the Left, Democrats of the Left, and Democratic Party. He has worked in Strasbourg, Brussels, and Rome.

Veltroni is the author of works including *Tana libera tutti*, *Labirinto italiano*, *Certi piccoli amori 2*, *Caf of Stars*, and *La nuova stagione*. He speaks Italian and Slovene. He has received the Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, and Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. He is influenced by John F. Kennedy and has two children.

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It sits within the topics 1955 births, Democratic Party (Italy) politicians and Democratic Party of the Left politicians.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1955
Works
35

Top works

  • Tana libera tutti
  • Labirinto italiano
  • Certi piccoli amori 2
  • Caf of Stars
  • La nuova stagione

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Known for

  • Attitudini: Nessuna — Sé stesso2025
  • L'Unità. Storia di un archivio — Himself2025
  • Mostruosamente Villaggio — Sé stesso2024
  • FRAGILE - The story of Nicolò Fagioli — Self2024
  • Uno, nessuno, cento Nino — Self2021
  • Ligabue - È andata così — Himself (as Walter Veltron)2021
  • Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi? — Self2020
  • A Patch by Lundini — Self2020
  • C'era una volta il prossimamente — Self2014
  • Boris — Self2007

via TMDB

Key facts

Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Dario Franceschini
Prime minister
Romano Prodi
Constituency
Lazio
Born
Walter Veltroni , ( 1955-07-03 ) 3 July 1955 (age 70) , Rome, Italy
Party
PCI (1970–1991) PDS (1991–1998) DS (1998–2007) PD (since 2007)
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Spouse
Flavia Prisco
Occupation
Film director, ex politician

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Walter
Gender
male
Citizenship
Italy
Place of birth
Rome
Occupation
film critic
Political party
Democratic Party
Languages spoken
Slovene
Native language
Italian
Image
Walter Veltroni 2008 crop.jpg
Number of children
2
Work location
Rome
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Walter Veltroni
date of birth
1955-07-03
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name in native language
Walter Veltroni
Commons Creator page
Walter Veltroni
birth name
Walter Veltroni
relative
Ciril Kotnik
social media followers
130416
influenced by
John F. Kennedy
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Encyclopedic overview

Walter Veltroni OMRI ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈvalter velˈtroːni]; born 3 July 1955) is an Italian writer, film director, journalist and politician. He served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the Italian centre-left opposition until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He also served as mayor of Rome from June 2001 to February 2008.

Early life and family

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