Guido Bodrato

Guido Bodrato (born 27 March 1933) is an Italian politician.

Guido Bodrato
Minister of Public Education
In office
18 October 1980 – 1 December 1982
Prime MinisterArnaldo Forlani
Giovanni Spadolini
Preceded byAdolfo Sarti
Succeeded byFranca Falcucci
Minister of Budget
In office
2 December 1982 – 29 April 1983
Prime MinisterAmintore Fanfani
Preceded byGiorgio La Malfa
Succeeded byPietro Longo
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship
In office
22 July 1989 – 12 April 1991
Prime MinisterGiulio Andreotti
Preceded byAdolfo Battaglia
Succeeded byGiuseppe Guarino
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
5 June 1968 – 1 July 1987
ConstituencyTurin
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1999–2004
ConstituencyNorth-West Italy
Personal details
Born (1933-03-27) 27 March 1933
Monteu Roero, Piedmont, Italy
NationalityItalian
Political partyDC (until 1994)
PPI (1994–2002)
DL (after 2002)
Alma materUniversity of Turin
ProfessionPolitician, economist

Biography

Bodrato was born in Monteu Roero, in Piedmont, and graduated in jurisprudence. He entered Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana, or DC) and was elected in the Italian Chamber of Deputies for that party from 1968 to 1994. He was also municipal councillor in Turin. Together with Carlo Donat-Cattin, he was a leader of DC's Forze Nuove internal wing (a left wing), and later, as a collaborator of Benigno Zaccagnini, a founder of the so-called Area Zac with Mino Martinazzoli and others.

Bodrato was Minister of Education from 1980 and 1982 (Forlani and Spadolini I/II cabinets), then, in 1982-1983, Minister of Economic Balance in the Fanfani V cabinet. After a period as DC's vice-secretary under Ciriaco De Mita and then Arnaldo Forlani, he was again minister, this time of Industry and Commerce, in 1991-1992 (Andreotti VII Cabinet).

During the Mani Pulite scandal that wiped out DC and other Italian traditional government parties, he supported the renovation of new secretary Mino Martinazzoli, and the foundation of the new Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano, PPI). From 1996 to 1999 he was director of the party's newspaper Il Popolo. Bodrato was elected in the PPI's lists at the European Parliament in 1999-2004.


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