Lapo Pistelli


Lapo Pistelli is an Italian politician and Member of the of the Italian Parliament, elected for the Italian Democratic Party. In the Italian Democratic Party is the Head of the Foreign Affairs and International Relations Department.
He is the son of Nicola Pistelli, a Christian Democrat politician.

Biography

Graduated in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Florence, Pistelli started his political career in the Christian Democracy as Responsible for the foreign affairs office of the Christian Democrat Youth Movement becoming, in the following years, Member of the secretariat and directorate and coordinator of the national secretariat of the Italian People's Party, and member of the executive and official responsible for foreign affairs of the Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy party.
In 1996, after serving as municipal councillor of Florence, he is elected as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy with The Olive Tree political coalition , and is confirmed Deputy also in the subsequent legislature, operating as a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and member of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
In 2004 he is elected as a member of the European Parliament, where he serves both as Head of the Italian Delegation, as the vice-chairman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and as a member of two Committees.
In 2007, with the foundation of the Italian Democratic Party, becomes member of the national executive of the Party with the role of responsible for Foreign Affairs, and in 2008 he is elected to the Italian Parliament. At present, he is member of the III Committee of the Chamber of Deputies.

Activities

Member of the Florence Faculty of the of Stanford University, he lectured in various universities around the globe. In Italy, he is a member of the Board of the IAI and of the Institute for Relations of Italy with Africa, Latin America, and the Middle and Far East. He is also a member of the Council Italy-United States and of the Board of Editors of East and continues to cooperate with a number of progressive think tanks such as Policy Network in London, The Center for American Progress and Brookings Institution in Washington, the Foundation IDEAS in Madrid, the European Council on Foreign Relations. He has been Vice President of the Italy-USA Foundation from 2008 to 2010. A journalist since 1991, he publishes regularly in various newspapers on issues related to European and international affairs and on specialized magazines like Aspenia and Limes. His publications include Semestre nero: Berlusconi e la politica estera, 2004; and America Take Away, 2006.

Books