Giovanni Kessler

Quick Facts

Full Name	Giovanni Kessler
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jun 11, 1956(1956-06-11)
Age	68
Birthplace	Trento
Country	Italy
Birth City	Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol
Horoscope	Gemini

Giovanni Kessler Biography

Giovanni Kessler is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 11, 1956 in Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol, Italy. Giovanni Kessler is the son of Bruno Kessler (1924-1991), who was the former president of the Autonomous Province of Trento and vice-minister of the Ministry of Interior. Kessler received his law degree from Bologna’s University of Bologna.

As of 2001, Kessler became a member of his seat in the Italian parliament as an uninvolved member. He served on the Committee on Justice Affairs and during his five-year mandate He drafted several bills on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as well as the European Convention against corruption, the International Judiciary Cooperation and the European Arrest Warrant.

From 2006 to 2008, Kessler held the position of Italian High Commissioner to Combat Counterfeiting.

In December 2008, Kessler was elected member, and subsequently President, of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Trento. He resigned from this position before taking up the post of Director-General of OLAF in early 2011.

From 1998 until 1998, Kessler served as Deputy Chief of the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission in Pristina responsible for police and Justice matters. As a judicial expert, Kessler also took part in several evaluation missions for the European Commission and Council of Europe in Eastern Europe.

Giovanni Kessler Net Worth

Giovanni Kessler is one of the richest Politician from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Giovanni Kessler 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Giovanni Kessler (born June 11 1956, in Trento) is a famous Italian prosecutor from Italy. He was as Director General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). OLAF is a division that is part of the European Commission, but it is independent in its investigation task. It is based within Brussels, OLAF is tasked with safeguarding its financial interest of the European Union by investigating fraud and corruption as well as any other criminal activities. It also investigates serious issues that concern the execution of their professional duties by the staff and members of EU institutions and supports those EU institutions, including those of the European Commission, in the creation as well as the implementation of anti-fraud laws and policies.

The year 1985 was the time that Kessler joined the Italian judiciary, and was a prosecutor at the court of Trento and later of Bolzano. In 1995, he was employed in Bolzano for two years, as an anti-mafia prosecutor for Caltanissetta (Sicily) in the Anti-Mafia Directorate.

In addition to his committee assignments, Kessler was also a member of the Italian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2003 until 2006, he served as Vice-President of the Assembly. He participated in and led International Election Monitoring missions in the United States and in many other OSCE countries. In 2003, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, appointed Kessler as his Special Representative during that year’s parliamentary election in Armenia.

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From 2012, Kessler oversaw the investigation that led to John Dalli, the then European health commissioner, losing his job over accusations that he asked for cash from a tobacco company in exchange for opening up the EU market to that company’s products. That investigation also ensnared Kessler, with Belgian authorities starting an investigation into allegations that he had broken the law during OLAF’s probe into Dalli. The European Commission lifted his immunity, opening him up to prosecution, prompting Kessler to launch legal action. As of July 2017, both the Belgian investigation and the case about his immunity are ongoing.

Facts & Trivia

Giovanni Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Giovanni Kessler celebrates birthday on June 11 of every year.

In 2014, Kessler became a member of the commission on appointment of the new bureau chief of the Ukrainian anti-Corruption Bureau.