Luigi Spaventa

Luigi Spaventa (5 March 1934 – 6 January 2013) was an Italian politician and academic. He served as a cabinet minister at different Italian governments. He was a member of the Italian Parliament from 1976 to 1983.

Early life and education Spaventa was born in Rome on 5 March 1934. In 1957 he received a law degree from the Sapienza University of Rome.

In 1976, he was elected to the Italian Parliament and served there until 1983. Spaventa was the minister of treasury from 1988 to 1989 and the minister of budget from 1993 to 1994. and was close to the Democratic Party of the Left. From 1988 to 1989 Spaventa served as the chairman of the scientific consulting for the management of the public debt formed by the Italian treasury. but did not win. He was part of the Democratic Alliance during this period. He served as the chairman of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena from 1997 to 1998. He wrote for Italian newspapers La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera.

Spaventa was named as the non-executive vice chairman of the board of Banca Profilo SpA on 8 June 2009. In addition, he also served as the chairman of the board of Sator SpA to which he was appointed in 2007 He died in Rome on 6 January 2013 at the age of 78 after a long illness.