Renato Ruggiero

Renato Ruggiero
Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union
In office 1979–1984
Prime Minister	Francesco Cossiga
Preceded by	Eugenio Plaja
Succeeded by	Pietro Calamia
Minister of Foreign Trade
In office 28 July 1987 – 12 April 1991
Prime Minister	Giovanni Goria Ciriaco De Mita Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by	Mario Sarcinelli
Succeeded by	Vito Lattanzio
Director-General of the World Trade Organization
In office 1 May 1995 – 1 September 1999
Preceded by	Peter Sutherland
Succeeded by	Mike Moore
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 11 June 2001 – 6 January 2002
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Giuliano Amato (Acting)
Succeeded by	Silvio Berlusconi (Acting)
Personal details
Born	(1930-04-09)9 April 1930 Naples, Italy
Died	4 August 2013(2013-08-04) (aged 83) Milan, Italy
Political party	PSI (1969-1994) Independent (1994–2013)
Spouse	Paola Tomacelli Filomarino
Children	Riccardo other two sons
Alma mater	University of Naples Federico II

Renato Ruggiero (9 April 1930 – 4 August 2013) was an Italian diplomat and politician. He was Director-General of the World Trade Organization from 1995 to 1999 and briefly served as Italy's Foreign Minister in 2001.^[1]