Antonio Tajani
Vice President of the European Commission for Transport
Incumbent
Assumed office  May 9, 2008
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Jacques Barrot
Born	4 August 1953 (1953-08-04) (age 56) Rome, Italy
Political party	Forza Italia (EPP)
Profession	politician

Antonio Tajani (born 4 August, 1953, in Rome) is an Italian politician and is the current European Commissioner for Transport.

He was a Member of the European Parliament for Central Italy with the Forza Italia from 2004 to 2008 and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and a member of the Delegation for relations with Israel. He also held the position of Vice President of the European People's Party (EPP).

On 8 May, 2008 he was appointed by newly elected Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, as Italy's EU Commissioner. Tajani received the transport portfolio. He was officially approved in his post by the European Parliament on 18 June, 2008 with a vote of 507 to 53 with 64 abstentions.^[1]

Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Education

• Graduate in law (University of Rome La Sapienza)
• 1982: Editor of Il Settimanale
• 1982: presenter of Radio 1 news programme
• 1983: head of the Rome editorial office of the newspaper 'Il Giornale'
• 1994: Spokesman for the Prime Minister
• Vice-chairman of the European People's Party
• 2001: Member of Rome City Council

[edit] Career

• since 1994: Member of the European Parliament
• Head of the Forza Italia delegation in the European Parliament

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)

• Since May 2008 : Member of the European Commission (replacing Franco Frattini)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website of Antonio Tajani: www.tajani.it
• European Parliament biography of Antonio Tajani (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• DeclarationPDF of financial interests (Italian)

Political offices
Preceded by Jacques Barrot, Franco Frattini, Siim Kallas, Günter Verheugen, Margot Wallström	Vice-President of the European Commission 2008–present (jointly held position) Served alongside: Jacques Barrot, Siim Kallas, Günter Verheugen, Margot Wallström	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Jacques Barrot	European Commissioner for Transport 2008–present	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Franco Frattini	Italian European Commissioner 2008 - present	Incumbent

v • d • e Barroso Commission (2004–2009) Joaquín Almunia · Catherine Ashton6 · José Manuel Barroso1 · Jacques Barrot2 · Joe Borg · Karel De Gucht9 · Stavros Dimas · Benita Ferrero-Waldner · Ján Figeľ10 · Franco Frattini2, 5 · Mariann Fischer Boel · Dalia Grybauskaitė7 · Danuta Hübner8 · Siim Kallas2 · László Kovács · Neelie Kroes · Meglena Kuneva3 · Markos Kyprianou4 · Peter Mandelson6 · Charlie McCreevy · Louis Michel9 · Leonard Orban3 · Andris Piebalgs · Janez Potočnik · Viviane Reding · Olli Rehn · Paweł Samecki8 · Maroš Šefčovič10 · Algirdas Šemeta7 · Vladimír Špidla · Antonio Tajani2, 5 · Androulla Vassiliou4 · Günter Verheugen2 · Margot Wallström2 1 = President. 2 = Vice President. 3 = Served from 1 January 2007. 4 = Vassiliou replaced Kyprianou on 3 March 2008. 5 = Tajani replaced Frattini on 18 June 2008. 6 = Ashton replaced Mandelson on 3 October 2008. 7 = Šemeta replaced Grybauskaitė on 1 July 2009. 8 = Samecki replaced Hübner on 4 July 2009. 9 = De Gucht replaced Michel on 17 July 2009. 10 = Šefčovič replaced Figeľ on 1 October 2009.