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Changing short description from "Italian politician" to "Italian politician (born 1954)"

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{{Short description|Italian politician (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Claudio Burlando
| image = Claudio_Burlando_daticamera.jpg
| office = [[List of Presidents of Liguria|President of Liguria]]
| term_start = 14 April 2005
| term_end = 11 June 2015
| predecessor = [[Sandro Biasotti]]
| successor = [[Giovanni Toti]]
| office2 = [[Italian Minister of Transports|Minister of Transports]]
| primeminister2 = [[Romano Prodi]]
| term_start2 = 17 May 1996
| term_end2 =21 October 1998
| predecessor2 = [[Giovanni Caravale]]
| successor2 = [[Tiziano Treu]]
| office3 = [[List of mayors of Genoa|Mayor of Genoa]]
| term_start3 = 3 December 1992
| term_end3 = 19 May 1993
| predecessor3 = [[Romano Merlo]]
| successor3 = [[Adriano Sansa]]
| office4 = [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Member of Chamber of Deputies]]
| term_start4 = 9 May 1996
| term_end4 =29 May 2001
|constituency4 = Liguria
| term_start5 = 29 May 2001
| term_end5 = 27 May 2006
|constituency5 = 9 – [[Genova]], (Liguria)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|04|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Genoa]], [[Italy]]
| nationality = [[Italians|Italian]]
| party = [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] (2007-present)
| otherparty = [[Italian Communist Party]] (1974-1991) [[Democratic Party of the Left]] (1991-1998) [[Democrats of the Left]] (1998-2007)
| alma_mater =
| profession =
| children =
| spouse =
| residence = [[Genoa]]
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'''Claudio Burlando''' (born 27 April 1954, in [[Genoa]]) is an Italian [[politician]], and was President of [[Liguria]], until 31 March 2015. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]], and a former [[Democrats of the Left]] member.

==Career==
After graduating with a degree in [[electronic engineering]], in the eighties he worked as a researcher for the company [[Finmeccanica|Elsag-Bailey]]. He became interested in politics from a young age, adhering to the [[Italian Communist Party]] with which he took his first steps in politics and he held the first public office, becoming secretary of the federation Genoese party from 1989 to 1990.

He later joined the [[Democratic Party of the Left]], with which he was elected to [[Parliament]] and has held the position of national coordinator of local authorities (1994-1996) and the Democrats of the Left, of which he was chief economist from 1998 to 2000. With the Communist Party, he became councilor (1981-1993) and Commissioner for Transport (1983-1985). He was deputy mayor of [[Genoa]] (1990-1992, during the tenure of Romano Merlo). From 3 December 1992 to 19 May 1993 he was [[Mayor of Genoa]].

In 1996 he was elected Member of the PDS and in the same year, appointed by [[Romano Prodi]] as Minister of Transport and Navigation. Two years after, [[Massimo D'Alema]] appointed him a member of the budget committee of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]].

On 14 October 2007 he was elected to the Constituent National Democratic Party, a political project in which he personally participated since its first design<ref>As remembered by [[Romano Prodi]] in an article he wrote on ''La Repubblica'' on 22 April 2007 [http://www.repubblica.it/2007/04/sezioni/politica/partito-democratico-2/partito-democratico-2/partito-democratico-2.html]</ref> and was a member of the committee that drafted the Manifesto of Values.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.claudioburlando.it/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323161432/http://www.claudioburlando.it/ |date=23 March 2010 }}
* [http://legxiv.camera.it/organiparlamentari/assemblea/contenitore_dati.asp?tipopagina=&deputato=d50154&source=%2Fdeputatism%2F240%2Fdocumentoxml.asp&position=Deputati\La%20Scheda%20Personale&Pagina=Deputati/Composizione/01.camera/nuovacomposizione/datpersonali2.asp%3Fdeputato=d50154 Profile at Italian Chamber of Deputies]

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