Carlo Scognamiglio

Who is Carlo Scognamiglio?

Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini is an Italian economist and politician. He is a university professor in applied economics and was chancellor of the Luiss University of Rome.

In 1992 he became Senator for the Italian Liberal Party, and was appointed as chairman of the Committee for European affairs of the Senate.

Re-elected in 1994, during the XII Legislature, Scognamiglio was elected as President of Senate.

In 1998 he joined the project Democratic Union for the Republic and was Defense Minister from 21 October 1998 to 22 December 1999.

Presently he is full professor of applied economics, lifetime trustee of the Aspen Institute and President of the Italian Liberal Party.

Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini has been awarded of the prestigious prize for Economics of the "Académie Française" in 1988.

As sportsman, he was world champion of sailing.