Walter Veltroni

Quick Facts

Full Name	Walter Veltroni
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 3, 1955(1955-07-03)
Age	69
Birthplace	Rome
Country	Italy
Birth City	Lazio
Horoscope	Cancer

Walter Veltroni Biography

Walter Veltroni is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 3, 1955 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Veltroni was born in Rome. He was the son of Vittorio Veltroni who was an prominent RAI manager during the 1950s, passed away one year after his death. His mother Ivanka Kotnik is the sister of Ciril Kotnik who was an influential Slovenian diplomat with the Holy See who assisted numerous Jews and anti-fascists escape Nazi persecution in 1943.

The year 2001 was the time that Veltroni quit as the leader of his party following his election as elected as Mayor of Rome. Then, in May of 2006 Veltroni became the Mayor for Rome and easily defeated the former minister of Agriculture Gianni Alemanno of the National Alliance, obtaining an astonishing 61.4 percent of the valid votes, compared to 37.1 percentage that his main rival had. The proportion of votes in favor of Veltroni’s second term was the highest in the local elections held in Rome. Just prior to this confirmation Veltroni announced that he would quit politics at the conclusion in his term. mayor.

In 2005, as mayor of Rome, he met in Washington, during a visit to the United States, then United States Senator (D-IL), Barack Obama, being one of his earliest supporters overseas. He wrote the preface to the Italian edition of The Audacity of Hope in 2007 and has been referred to as “Obama’s European counterpart”.

In 2007, Veltroni had some remarks against the Romanian immigrants, claiming that Italy has become “unlivable” since Romania joined the European Union, while before its entry, Rome was “the safest city in the world”, bringing accusations of xenophobia from the Romanian press.

Veltroni an experienced journalist, was editor-in chief of L’Unita The newspaper belonging to the Democratic Party of the Left from 1992 to 1996. Then, he was one of the main participants in The Olive Tree coalition in the general election of 1996. Following the victory of The Olive Tree in 1996, he was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Cultural Assets and Activities from 1996 until 1998. He joined another 25 PDS members in cabinet- the first (former) Communists to take part in the government after 1947. In 1996, he was a participant in the Bilderberg Meeting. He quit following being elected national secretary of Democrats of the Left (DS). Despite his previous experience as journalist, he has had to deal with controversial events concerning freedom of expression. In 2001, for instance when the late-night show Satyricon broadcast an interview in which they was about indictments of connections between the right-wing mafia and the right-wing leader, Marco Travaglio reported that Veltroni sent a message to threaten the cancellation of the show.

Walter Veltroni Net Worth

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

Walter Veltroni, OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [‘valter Vel’tro:niborn 3 July 1955) is an Italian filmmaker, writer journalist, politician and journalist who was an early leader for the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition until his resignation on February 17, 2009. He was the Rome’s Mayor from June 2001 until February 2008. Rome from June 2001 until February 2008.

Veltroni joined Veltroni joined the Italian Communist Youth Federation (FGCI) at 15 years old at which time he was appointed Rome as a city councillor, in the year 1976, as a part of the Italian Communist Party, serving until 1981. He was appointed as a member of his position in the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1987. As an Italian member of the Communist Party’s national secretariat during 1988, the party was a part of an important part in the transition into the social democratic party.

In 2003, he received an honoris causa degree in Public Services by the John Cabot University of Rome. In 2006, Veltroni received the title of Cavaliere di Gran Croce (Knight of the Grand Cross) from President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. He won the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2009.

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Who is Walter Veltroni Dating?

According to our records, Walter Veltroni married to Flavia Prisco. As of December 1, 2023, Walter Veltroni’s is not dating anyone.

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On 28 September 2014, in Venice, Italy, the former Mayor of Rome was responsible of marrying George Clooney to Amal Alamuddin. The wedding was widely reported in the media.

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Walter Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Walter Veltroni celebrates birthday on July 3 of every year.