Flavio Delbono
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| Mayor of Bologna | |
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In office 25 June 2009 – 28 January 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Sergio Cofferati |
| Succeeded by | Virginio Merola |
| Vice-President of Emilia-Romagna | |
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In office 2003–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Vera Zamagni |
| Succeeded by | Maria Giuseppina Muzzarelli |
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17 September 1959 Sabbioneta, Lombardy, Italy |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
Flavio Delbono (born 17 September 1959) is an Italian politician and economist. He served as the mayor of Bologna from 25 June 2009 until 28 January 2010, when he was forced to resign as he was being investigated for crimes such as embezzlement, fraud and aggravated abuse of office following allegations made by his former lover.
Delbono was born in Sabbioneta, a small town in the Province of Mantua in Lombardy. His father was a municipal policeman and his mother was a seamstress. After graduating from the Liceo scientifico, Delbono studied economics at the University of Parma, graduating in 1982. He received a dottorato di ricerca in economics from the University of Siena in 1986, and a D.Phil. from Linacre College, Oxford in 1988. While at Oxford, Delbono studied under the future Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.
Delbono joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center as an adjunct professor of international economics in 1987. In 1992, at the age of 33, Delbono was appointed as professor of Political Economy at the University of Bologna. His predecessors in this position include Romano Prodi and Stefano Zamagni.
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