Giorgio Bernini

Giorgio Bernini
Minister of Foreign Trade
In office 10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Paolo Baratta
Succeeded by	Alberto Clò
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 15 April 1994 – 8 May 1996
Constituency	Umbria
Personal details
Born	(1928-11-09)9 November 1928 Bologna, Italy
Died	22 October 2020(2020-10-22) (aged 91) Bologna, Italy
Political party	Forza Italia
Children	Anna Maria Bernini
Alma mater	University of Bologna
Profession	Politician, university professor, lawyer

Giorgio Bernini (9 November 1928 – 22 October 2020) was an Italian jurist, academic and politician. He was the father of Anna Maria Bernini.

Biography

Giorgio Bernini graduated in law in 1950; he was a lawyer since 1951 and cassationist since 1965. He was also a university professor in Ferrara (1964–1966), Padua (1966–1970) and in other foreign universities.

He often collaborated with the UN: he was a member of the commission for International Trade Law (1969–1972) and of the non-governmental organization of the United Nations (1986–1994), of which he was honorary president.

Elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1994 with the Pole of Freedoms, he served as Minister of Foreign Trade in the first Berlusconi government. In 1996 he left politics.

In 1999 he resigned from the Antitrust Authority to be able to return to the profession of lawyer privately. In 2001 he was appointed president of the Italian Railway Network and vice president of the Confindustria of Lazio.

Bernini died on 22 October 2020 at the age of 91.