Enrico Giovannini

Enrico Giovannini is full professor of Economic statistics and of Sustainable development at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and professor and the National School of Administration (SNA). He was Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility in the Draghi government (2021–2022) and Minister of Labour and Social Policies in the Letta government (April 2013-February 2014).

He is co-founder and Scientific Director of the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS), a coalition of more than 300 organisations established to implement in Italy the UN 2030 Agenda. He was Director of Statistics and Chief Statistician of the OECD (2001-2009), President of the Italian Statistical Institute (2009-2013) and visiting fellow at the European Political Strategy Centre of the European Commission (2014-2015).  During his career he was chair or member of important national, European and international committees and bodies, In October 2014, the President of the Italian Republic made him “Cavaliere di Gran Croce al Merito della Repubblica”, the highest ranking honour of the Italian Republic.

In January 2023 he received a honorary PhD in “Sustainable development and climate change”. He is the author of more than 130 articles published on national and international journals and eight books on statistical and economic topics.