Giuseppe Petrilli

Who was Giuseppe Petrilli?

Giuseppe Petrilli was an Italian professor and European Commissioner.

He was a non-politician appointed as the first Italian European Commissioner on the Hallstein Commission from January 1958 with responsibility for the Social Affairs portfolio. In September 1960 he resigned and was succeeded by Lionello Levi Sandri.

A professor Giuseppe Petrilli became president of IRI in 1960 and served for almost twenty years, until 1979. He died on 13 May 1999, aged 86.

Commissioner Petrilli was a member of the 1979 group that produced the Spierenburg Report on the improvement of the working methods of the commission.

A Giuseppe Petrilli, left-wing Italian Christian Democrat member was appointed secretary general of the "EUCD" in 1978, according to the European Peoples Party.

A Giuseppe Petrelli became a member of the 8th Italian Senate after the 1979 elections.