A Profile of Romano Prodi

Personal:
Born in Scandiano, Italy, in the province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna), on the 9th of August, 1939. He is the eighth of nine children of Mario Prodi, an engineer, and Enrica, a primary school teacher. He has two sisters and six brothers, five of whom are university professors, one (Vittorio) a Member of the European Parliament, another (Giorgio) being an oncologist and biosemiotician. He married Flavia Franzoni in 1969, in a Roman Catholic ceremony, and is the father of two sons, Giorgio and Antonio. He and his family live in Bologna. He is an avid cyclist.

 

Religion:
Roman Catholic.

Education:

1961 - Received a degree in Law from the Catholic University of Milan. He did postgraduate studies at the            London School of Economics.

Academic career:

1963-1971 - Teaching assistant in the Department of Economics and Political Science at the University of                    Bologna.
1966 - Associate Professor in Political Economics at the University of Bologna.
1971-1999 - Professor of Industrial Organization and Industrial Policy at the University of Bologna.
1963-1964 - Researcher at the Lombard Institute of Economic and Social Studies (ILSES).
1968 - Researcher at Stanford Research Institute.
1973-1974 - Professor of Economics and Industrial Politics at the Free University of Trento.
1974 - Visiting Professor at Harvard University.
1981 - Founded Nomisma, the largest Italian institute of economic studies.
1981-1995 - Chaired Nomisma’s scientific committee.
1999 - Received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) from Brown University.
2/6/2009 - Appointed to a five year term as Professor-at-Large at Brown University, Providence,  Rhode Island.
2/10/2010 - Accepted a one-year professorship at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). He               will teach at its Shanghai and Beijing campuses when visiting China. 

Political career:

           

1978-1979 - Appointed the Minister of Industry.
1982-1989 - Chairman of the Institute for Industrial Reconstruction (IRI).
1993-1994 - Reappointed Chairman of the Institute for Industrial Reconstruction (IRI).
1995 - Founded the center-left coalition political party called Ulivo (The Olive Tree) and became its Chairman.
5/17/1996 - Won election for Prime Minister of Italy as the candidate of the Olive Tree political party.
1996-1998 - Prime Minister of Italy and President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic.
10/21/1998 - Resigned as Prime Minister of Italy.
3/24/1999 - President-designate of the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union.
9/15/1999-11/18/2004 - President of the European Commission of the European Union.
10/2005 - Won primary election as candidate for Prime Minister of Italy. 
4/10/2006 - Elected Prime Minister of Italy.
10/14/ 2007 - First President of the new Italian Democratic Party.
4/16/2008 - Resigned as President of the Italian Democratic Party two days after its defeat in the general                  election.
5/17/2006-5/8/2008 - Prime Minister of Italy.
9/12/2008 - Selected as president of African Union-UN Peacekeeping Panel by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki                   Moon.

I expect Romano Prodi to become President of the European Union [EU] by 2011 A.D. He will then fulfill the many prophecies involving the Antichrist as described in the Holy Bible(Dan. 9:26-27; Mt. 24:15, 21-22; 2 Th. 2:3-4, 8-9; Rev. 13:1-9, 18; 14:9-11; 17:9, 11-13; 19:11-20; 20:10). It is for his sake, that I truly hope I am wrong about this man being the Antichrist!