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August 4, 2013
Renato Ruggiero, Italian lawyer and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1930)
Renato Ruggiero
Renato Ruggiero 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.
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)
The minister of foreign affairs is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Italy. The office was one of the positions which Italy inherited from the Kingdom of Sardinia where it was the most ancient ministry of the government: this origin gives to the office a ceremonial primacy in the Italian cabinet.
August 4
August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 149 days remain until the end of the year.