Fausto Bertinotti (born on 22 March 1940 in Milano) is a Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Central or Islands with the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, part of the European Left and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs .

He is a substitute for the Committee on Legal Affairs and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Education

• Industrial expert
• 1984: Secretary-General of the CGIL

Career

• since 1993: Secretary-General of the Refounded Communist Party
• 1994-2004: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
• since 1994: Member of the European Parliament
• Author of 'La camera dei lavori' (Ediesse) and 'La democrazia autoritaria' (Datanews)

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)

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