Antonio Tajani
Antonio Tajani is an Italian politician, journalist and former Italian Air Force officer, who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Foreign Affairs since 22 October 2022. He has served as President of the European Parliament from 2017 to 2019, as European Commissioner from 2008 to 2014, and also as a member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2008 and again from 2014 to 2022 until he was elected to Italy's Chamber of Deputies.
Some of the key events about Antonio Tajani
- 1994Elected to the European Parliament for the first time
- 1994Joined Forza Italia, a center-right political party founded by Silvio Berlusconi, which was criticized for its populist and sometimes controversial policies
- 2008Appointed European Commissioner for Transport
- 2008As European Commissioner for Transport, faced criticism for his handling of the Alitalia airline crisis
- 2010Became European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship
- 2010Criticized for delayed response to the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud crisis that disrupted air travel across Europe
- 2012As European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, faced controversy over the implementation of REACH chemical regulations
- 2014Elected Vice-President of the European Parliament
- 2014Criticized for his stance on relaxing car emission standards as part of his industry portfolio
- 2017Elected President of the European Parliament
- 2017As President of the European Parliament, faced criticism for his handling of the Catalan independence crisis
- 2018Received the "MEP Award" for his work on industry, research and energy
- 2018Criticized for his comments suggesting that Africa's problems could be solved by creating "villages" there
- 2019Re-elected as a Member of the European Parliament
- 2019Faced backlash for his decision to block a debate on Catalan political prisoners in the European Parliament
- 2020Criticized for his handling of the European Parliament's response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Elected President of Forza Italia political party
- 2022Appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Italy's government
- 2022As Italian Foreign Minister, faced criticism for his stance on maintaining dialogue with Russia during the Ukraine conflict
- 2023Assumed the role of Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
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