FRANCESCO CLEMENTI Date of birth: April 13, 1975 Mobile: 339-1100449 E-mail: [email protected] Nationality: Italian Francesco Clementi is Professor in Comparative Public Law at the University of Perugia, Italy, and at the Luiss-University School of Government of Rome, Italy. Professional experience Francesco Clementi area’s of expertise include Italian as well Comparative Constitutional Law, and also European and Italian Politics, especially in the field of institutions, political parties and electoral laws. He is a leading-professional scholar of the new generation in those fields and recently, as author and co-editor, Francesco has published «The Italian Constitution. Commentary article by article» for “Società editrice Il Mulino” coordinating, in two volumes, over hundred Constitutional Law scholars (see: F. Clementi, L. Cuocolo, F. Rosa, G.E.Vigevani, eds., La Costituzione italiana. Commento articolo per articolo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018, voll. I-II). He has written four monographs and over 80 articles and chapters in edited books on Comparative Constitutional Law; On Forms Of The State, Forms Of Government, Freedom Of Association, Electoral Laws, Political Parties, European Union, And Federalism, as well as, Vatican Law And Law And Religion. He has lectured at many universities in Italy and abroad, including in United States, Loyola University Law School, Notre Dame; in France, at the Paris-I (Sorbonne); in Spain, at the Complutense (Madrid); in United Kingdom, at the King’s College and at the London School of Economics. He was also visiting professor in Jerusalem-Mount Scopus University-IL (Harry and Michael Sacher Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law) and in Morocco at the Ain Sebaa' University in Casablanca (Faculty of the «Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et Sociales »). Clementi is a member of the following professional associations: the “International Association of Constitutional Law” (I.A.C.L), the “International Society of Public Law” (I.C.O.N.), the “Associazione Italiana di Diritto Comparato” (A.I.D.C), the “Astrid Foundation”, an Italian think tank in the field of European and National institutions, public policies, public administration’s reform, market regulation and e-government and the recent political-cultural think tank “Volta”. Starting from the beginning of his university period, he spent him selves in public opinion to sustain the reasons of the change the Italian political-institutional system towards a better and more accountable democracy. Therefore, he led new approaches to analyze the institutions, the government in law-making and the governance’s mechanism at large, helping politics to formulate action programs. Since 2002 he collaborates with the former Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato, and in 2006-2008, he was appointed by the Prime Minister Romano Prodi as a legal counsellor of the Italian Government. In 2013-2014, he was appointed by the Presidente of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano and the Prime Minister of Italy Enrico Letta in the special Commission of experts to define for the Italian Parliament a report on Constitutional and Institutional Reforms (so called: “Commissione dei Saggi per le riforme”). Education and Training Francesco Clementi was educated at the University of La Sapienza (Political Science and Law) and the University of Florence (Law); and he received his D.Phil. from University “La Sapienza” of Rome. In 1999, he was recipient of a scholarship to study for a six months in the fully-intensive Seminar on Parliamentary Studies "Silvano Tosi" at the Florence University, co-sponsored by the Italian Parliament. In 1998, he was awarded the of the Annual Prize “Primo Levi Foundation” for the best thesis degree on the State of Israel (topic: “The Direct Election of the Israeli Prime Minister). Languages He is fluent in English and Spanish, and knows French and German. Publications and Appearances Besides the professional and academic publications, since 2011 he has been a commentator on constitutional issues for the newspaper “Il Sole 24 Ore”, as well as writing freely on other national newspapers such as “Il Foglio”, “Il Riformista” and “Repubblica.it”. At the same time, he was invited to comment in major political and cultural programs on television (Agora-Rai 3, Ballarò-Rai 3, Omnibus-La7, Porta a Porta-Rai1, Rai News 24; “L’Aria che tira”-La7) and also in radio programs (Zapping 2.0-Radio Rai 1; Tutta la Città ne parla -Radio Rai 3, 24Mattino- Radio 24, Radio Vaticana). In particular, however, as expert, he commented on the entire Conclave that elected Pope Francis (9-13 March 2013) for the "Al Jazeera-English" television broadcast (main anchor: Mrs. Barbara Serra) At the same time, as constitutional expert, he commented on the election of the XII President of the Italian Republic, which has seen the re-election of President Giorgio Napolitano (17-19 April 2013), for the "Rai Parlamento" Italian television channel (main anchors: Nicoletta Manzione and Susanna Petruni). Non-professional Fellowships In 2016-2017 (Spring cohort) he has been nominate as Marshall Memorial Fellow (MMF) of The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF): a program to strength the transatlantic cooperation on regional, national, and global challenges and opportunities in the spirit of the Marshall Plan, sending emerging leaders from the United States to Europe, for a 24 days of transatlantic very intensive exchange after a 6 months of preparation and training. In 2017 (Autumn cohort) he has recipient of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP): the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program to the United States, where current and emerging foreign leaders in a variety of fields experience this country firsthand and cultivate lasting relationships with their American counterparts. Professional meetings reflect the participants’ professional interests and support the foreign policy goals of the United States. Other activities Very active in the civic society engagement for ameliorate the quality of the standards of the Italian democracy. Francesco is passionate traveler. Visited several countries, from Alaska-US to New Zealand passing through Israel and…the Vatican City State. He loves biking, playing piano and guitar and rugby. Married with Elisa, he has three children (Giulia, Giovanni and Bianca). .