Biographies of WPF official members.

Khaled Fouad Allam teaches Sociology of the Muslim world and History and Institutions of the Islamic countries at the Universites of Trieste, Urbino and at the Stanford University of Florence. He has been an expert consultant for the European Union on issues regarding Islam and immigration and on the relation between citizenship and religious identity [...]

At the age of 23 he was President of the Catholic Action Movement and already in 1944 he was a member of the Christian Democrat National Council. He started his political career in Government in 1947 as Under-Secretary to the Cabinet during the administration of Alcide De Gasperi. During his long career he served as [...]

Former President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1991-1993). Degree in Mine Engineering and Doctorate in Economics, in 1968 he joined l’Ecole Nationale d’Administration. In 1970 he became Auditor to the State Council and Councillor in 1989. From 1981 to 1991 he was Special Adviser to the President of the French Republic. Author [...]

Graduated in Economics from Bocconi University, in Milan, Piero Bassetti subsequently attended courses of specialization at Cornell University and London School of Economics. He was the first President of the Lombardy Region, member of Parliament, President of Milan Chamber of Commerce and President of the Association of Chambers of Commerce Abroad (CCIE). Mr Bassetti has [...]

Graduated in Economics in 1984 at the University of Turin, he is member of the Board of Auditors of The World Political Forum. In 1984 he started his activity as an expert in commercial law and in 1989 he created an associated law firm which has grown during the years, specializing in company’s and tax [...]

Former Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union, he joined the diplomatic service in 1957. From 1970 to 1983, he was Consul at the Soviet Embassy in the United States, and subsequently led the U.S.A. Department in the Foreign Ministry. In 1986 he became Deputy Foreign Minister and in 1988 First Deputy Foreign Minister. In 1990-91 [...]

(d.2007) She became Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988 and she was the first woman elected to lead a Muslim State.  Before her appointment Ms. Bhutto was detained for nearly six years for she had been leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party, at that time opposition party. She pledged to transform Pakistani society and thought [...]

Born Paul David Hewson, Bono “Vox” is the leader of the world-famous group U2. He has always used his music and his fame to support good causes, as campaigning for debt relief in Africa. He visited Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia with US Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill in May 2002 and has continued to [...]

Sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to1996. Before assuming the office of Secretary-General of the United Nations, he had been Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt since May 1991 and had served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from October 1977 until 1991. He had an important role in negotiating [...]

She became President of Piedmont Region in April 2005. In June 2004 she was elected at the European Parliament, but she waived this appointment when she became President of Piedmont Region. From 1995 till 2004 she was President of the Province of Turin as well as President of the Union of Provinces of Piedmont. She [...]