Ferruccio Fazio | |
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Mayor of Garessio | |
Assumed office 28 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sergio Di Steffano |
Minister of Health | |
In office 15 December 2009 – 16 November 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
Preceded by | Maurizio Sacconi |
Succeeded by | Renato Balduzzi |
Personal details | |
Born | Garessio | 7 August 1944
Nationality | Italian |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse | Margherita Colnaghi |
Children | Alessandro Arianna |
Alma mater | University of Pisa |
Website | Official website |
Ferruccio Fazio (born 7 August 1944) is an Italian politician and was the minister of health from 2009 to 2011 in the fourth cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi.
Fazio was born in Garessio on 7 August 1944. [1] He studied medicine. [2]
Fazio is a professor of diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy at University of Milan Bicocca. [1] He was also the director of nuclear medicine and radiation oncology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan. [2]
He served as undersecretary for health until his appointment as vice minister of health on 21 May 2008. [1] [3] During his tenure as undersecretary, he was responsible for struggle against the bird flu. [4] Then he served as the vice minister until his appointment as minister of health in December 2009. [1] His tenure ended in November 2011, [1] and Renato Balduzzi replaced him as health minister. [5]
In May 2019 Fazio is elected mayor of Garessio. [6]
Fazio is married and has two children, a daughter and a son. [1]