Walter Veltroni
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.[1] He also served as mayor of Rome from June 2001 to February 2008.
Walter Veltroni
Position established
Antonio Paolucci
3 July 1955
Rome, Italy
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Flavia Prisco
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Film director ex politician
Early life and family[edit]
Veltroni was born in Rome. His father, Vittorio Veltroni, an eminent RAI manager in the 1950s, died one year after his birth.[2] His mother, Ivanka Kotnik, was the daughter of Ciril Kotnik, a Slovenian diplomat at the Holy See who helped numerous Jews and anti-fascists to escape Nazi persecution after 1943.[3]
Public image[edit]
On 28 September 2014, in Venice, Italy,[20][21][22] Veltroni was responsible of marrying George Clooney to Amal Alamuddin.[22][23] The wedding was widely reported in the media.[24]
Awards[edit]
In 2003, Veltroni received an honoris causa degree in Public Services by the John Cabot University of Rome. In 2006, hereceived the title of Cavaliere di Gran Croce (Knight of the Grand Cross) from the then Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. He won the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2009.[25]
Veltroni has written a number of books on various topics, such as music, social issues, fiction, biographies, and politics.