Curriculum vitae Sandro GOZI

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 1968-1992 : University of Bologna
• 1987-1989 : University of Paris V – Sorbonne
• 1993-1995 : ‘Sciences Po’ – Paris Institute of Political Studies
• 1995-1995 : University of Bologna
• 1997-1997 : ULB – Brussels

Professional career

• 1991-1994 : University assistant in public and comparative administrative law
• 1999-1999 : Lecturer - EU External Action (2000-2008), National Parliaments and Political Parties in the European Political System - Sciences Po - Paris
• 2003-2005 : Professor - European Institutions - Haute école de commerce (HEC Business School) - Paris
• 2017-... : Visiting Professor - European integration and the development of the European project

Political career

Offices held in a national parliament

• 2006-2018 : Member of the Italian Parliament
• 2006-2008 : Chair of the Italian Parliament’s bicameral Schengen-immigration Committee
• 2013-2014 : Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Offices held in a national government

• 2014-2018 : State Secretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Renzi and Gentiloni governments
• 2018-2019 : Advisor for European Affairs of the Democratic Party parliamentary group in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies

Offices held in the EU institutions

• 1995-1996 : Robert Schuman Scholarship, Institutional Affairs Committee, Office of the Chair, Biagio De Giovanni
• 1995-1996 : Diplomat - Trade relations with the states of former Yugoslavia, Turkey, Cyprus, Albania and Greece - Secretariat of the DG of Economic Affairs - preparations for the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
• 1996-1996 : Relations with the European Parliament and negotiations for the adoption of the euro - European Commission - Secretariat General
• 1996-1997 : Participation in the negotiation of the Amsterdam Treaty - expert in the cabinet of Commissioner Marcelino Oreja Aguirre
• 1999-2005 : Political advisor to the President of the European Commission - Romano Prodi then José Manuel Barroso
• 2020-... : Member of the European Parliament for Renew France - Renew Europe Group
• 2022-... : Chair of the Spinelli Group

Offices held in other international organisations

• 2018-... : Chair of the Union of European Federalists
• 2020-... : General Secretary of the European Democratic Party

Other activities

• 2004-... : Chair of the 'Laboratorio Democratico Europeo’ association.
• 2005-... : Chair of the Italia-India association
• 2006-2006 : Chair of the Liberal PD association
• 2009-2009 : Vice-Chair, Liberal PD
• 2010-2010 : Ambassador of the Roma 2020 Organising Committee
• 2011-2011 : Chair of the Libnet association
• 2012-2012 : Associate member of the IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)
• 2012-2012 : Advisor to the Europanova, Terranova and Diktyo foundations
• 2013-2013 : Council member, European Council on Foreign Relations
• 2019-... : Chair of the EU-India association

Honours

• ‘Sele d'Oro’ prize for literature
• International Prize for the Support of Civil Rights, awarded by the City of San Francisco and the Harvey Milk Foundation
• Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, awarded by the French Republic
• ‘Argil:European Man’ Prize awarded by the Association of European Journalists
• National Order of Merit, awarded by the Republic of Malta
• European Commitment Prize, awarded by the Maison du barreau - Politique Internationale, Paris
• Honorary Doctorate in Literature, awarded by the University of Fribourg