Antonio Ruberti

Antonio Ruberti (24 January 1927 – 4 September 2000) was an Italian politician and engineer. He was a member of the Italian Government and a European Commissioner as well as a professor of engineering at La Sapienza University.

Biography Antonio Ruberti was born in Aversa in the province of Caserta, Campania. He received his degree in Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II.

He worked as a research engineer at Fondazione Ugo Bordoni since 1954 and taught control engineering and systems theory as the first head (1969) of the Department of Control Systems of La Sapienza University in Rome. During 1973-1976 Ruberti headed the Faculty of Science and Engineering of La Sapienza; later he has been Rector (1976-1987) at the same university.

In 1987, he joined the Italian government as Minister for the Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research. He held this position for five years.