Academic Education
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering; Bachelor's degree in Political Science; Master's degree in Economics.
• Specialized in Transport Economics and Industrial Policy; conducted studies and research abroad, obtaining various certificates.
• Awarded various academic titles (Honoris Causa).
Academic Activities
• Conducted supplementary courses on industrial and transport economics at the University of Rome and Madrid.
• Coordinator of courses on economic and social planning.
• Directed training courses for business executives in Italy and abroad.
• Conducted research on state participation, cooperative movement, and mass communication, summarizing the results in a series of essays.
• Directed postgraduate specialization courses on the diffusion of technological innovations in the Italian industrial system.
Political Activities
• Elected multiple times as National Councilor of the Italian Republican Party and repeatedly nominated for the Chamber of Deputies.
• Collaborated with the Cabinet of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in the Moro-La Malfa Government.
• Collaborated with the Economic Department of the Presidency of the Council of the Spadolini Government.
• Advisor to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
• Collaborated with Ministers Gonnella and Meccanico (Regional Affairs).
• Reappointed as Ministerial Economic Advisor in the Spadolini-Goria-De Mita-Craxi Governments.
• Worked as a consultant for foreign states and international organizations.
Professional Activities
• Director of the Study and Executive Training Office of the General Association of Italian Cooperatives.
• Director of the Study and Research Office of the Spanish Cooperative Movement (Ministry of Culture).
• President of the Italian Association of Consumer Cooperatives and Administrator of the General Association of Italian Cooperatives.
• Secretary General of the National Federation of Consumers/Users.
• Director of CIRSAT (International Center for Territorial Assets).
• Director of the publications Nuove Dimensioni, La Cooperazione Italiana, Nuove Dimensioni Volo, Erasmo News.
• President of "Libera Impresa" (Association of Professional and Managerial Enterprises).
• President of ICEPS (Institute for International Economic Cooperation).
• President of the industrial group Logika S.p.A.
Essays and Publications (Selected Titles)
"State Participation Today and Tomorrow"
"Flying Today: Perspectives for Civil Aviation in Italy"
"Free Skies"
"Participation in Profits and Management of Airlines"
"Report on the State of State Participation in Italy"
"From Atypical Nationalization to Industrial Participation"
"The Role of State Participation in Italy"
"Two Poles of a Social Economy: State Participation and Cooperative Movement"
"Planned Participation in the Enterprise"
"Cooperation and the Mezzogiorno"
"Cooperation and Consumption"
"Characteristics and Function of the Cooperative Enterprise"
"Cooperation and Emigration"
"Towards a History of Secular and Democratic Cooperation"
"Analysis of Migration Flows in Italy"
"Saving the Future"
"Consumers-Users: From Objects to Protagonists"
"The Free Enterprise"