Raffaele Lauro (born 10 February 1944, in Sorrento) is an Italian politician, member of the Senate of Italy,[1] prefect and a private adviser for institutional relations and communication.

Early life and education edit

Raffaele Lauro was born in Sorrento to Luigi and Angela Aiello, one of four brothers. In his youth, he worked as a receptionist in hotels in the Sorrento Peninsula. He attended high school in Sorrento, at the Sant'Anna Institute, graduating with honours and reporting of the Commission.[citation needed]

After high school, he continued his studies at the University of Naples Federico II. There, he got three degrees: in Political Science, cum laude, with a thesis on the history of Afro-Asian countries': "Political and economic reflections of the Vietnam War"; in Law, cum laude, with a thesis in International Law, "International Law and German post-Kantian philosophy" and later in Economics, cum laude, with a degree in Theory and Techniques of Trading Market "The mutual funds: Perspectives on the Italian market."[citation needed]

In 1968 he won a scholarship at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and during the next four years, he first attended courses at the Diplomatic Institute at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then he studied foreign policy, in Paris, at the Documentation française.[citation needed]

In Rome, at the Institute of Journalism and Audiovisual Techniques, he also got a degree in Journalism, cum laude and became a journalist, member of the Order of Journalists of Lazio and Molise.[citation needed] He was then director of the scientific magazine Post and Telecommunications published by the Fondazione Ugo Bordoni and has worked as commentator of new information technologies, for "Il Tempo"[2] in Rome and "Il Mattino"[3] in Naples. For Radiocorriere TV, he has been a columnist about citizens and institutions.[citation needed] At the New University of Cinema and Television in Rome, he graduated in Directing Film, with Masters Giuseppe De Santis, Carlo Lizzani and Florestano Vancini.[citation needed]

Career edit

Since 1971, he was a professor of History and Philosophy in high schools.[citation needed] For many years, he has taught Law of Mass Communications at the Faculty of Political Sciences at LUISS University in Rome.[citation needed]

Political career edit

The administrative-institutional activities of Raffaele Lauro began in Sorrento in 1980. Pupil of politician Francesco Compagna, he was elected Councillor of Sorrento, holding the positions of Deputy Mayor,[4] Councillor for Finance, Personnel and Culture. During the period in which he took the latter department, he organized the Public Library of Sorrento and established a theatre school, with director Lorenzo Ferrero di Roccaferrera and a theatrical review, with actor Bruno Cirino Pomicino.[citation needed]

He left Sorrento in 1984 and he moved to Rome where he was chief of the secretariat of the Post and Telecommunications Ministry, of the Finance Ministry and of the Interior Ministry, he was Councillor of the National Audit Office then head Prefect. He has had a sensitive assignment at the Interior Ministry (Chief of Cabinet, Director of Border Regions and Inspector General of Administration).[5] In October 2003 he was appointed Councillor to the Minister of Government Program Implementation at the Office of the Prime Minister. From May 2005 to May 2006 he was Chief of the cabinet of the Production Activities Ministry. From June 2006 until February 2008 he was Special Government Commissioner for the Coordination of Anti-racket and Anti-usury Initiatives and Chairman of the Solidarity Commission for the victims of extortion and usury.

In the 2008 general election, he was elected Senator for the "People of Freedom" party, in the district of Campania. He was appointed member of the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into the Mafia and other criminal organizations, including foreign ones, member of the parliamentary committee for the general guidance and supervision of broadcasting services, the First Committee (Constitutional Affairs), until April 2012 and then a member of the Sixth Committee (Finance and Treasury). He was also a Political Advisor to the security of the Minister of Economic Development, the Hon. Claudio Scajola.[6]

On 21 January 2013, he left the PDL Group of the Senate of the Republic to join the Misto Group.[7]

On 9 December 2014, he has been appointed as a member of the board of the Fondazione Link Campus University and member of the board of the University.

Since July 2020 he has been Secretary-General of Unimpresa.[8] With effect from 1 July 2023, he left the position of General Secretary of Unimpresa, due to new professional commitments.

Writing career edit

Lauro is a freelance journalist, essayist, screenwriter, author, director, librettist and writer. Among his most important essays include:

  • "Viêtnam: ricerca della pace perduta", 1969
  • "La D.C. verso il Duemila", Rusconi Editore, 1984
  • "A look at China. Political and economic notes", 1986
  • "Comunicazioni e sviluppo: la sfida del cambiamento", Ed. CEI, 1987
  • "Da Moro: il futuro della democrazia in Italia", 1987
  • "Comunicazione e trasparenza bancaria", con P.Rivitti, Ed. CEI, 1990
  • "Mondazzi. Sulla via di Damasco", 1990
  • "Leadership e preferenza unica" Maggioli Editore, 1992
  • "Il Prefetto della Repubblica", con G.Balsamo, Maggioli Editore
  • "La riforma elettorale", 1992
  • "La Prefettura - Tra presente e futuro" con M. Guaitoli, Maggioli Editore, 2000
  • "Verso la Nuova Europa", Edizioni Goldengate, Roma, 2004
  • "Il Prefetto della Repubblica - Tra Istituzioni e Società" di Raffaele Lauro e Vincenzo Madonna, Edizioni Maggioli, 2005
  • "Il vento nuovo - La lotta al racket e all'usura (2006 - 2008)", Maggioli Editore, 2008[9]
  • "Maria, Madre di Misericordia e Madre di Gesù, ponte di dolcezza e di pace tra Cristianesimo e Islam", GoldenGate Edizioni, 2015
  • L'Italia sul baratro - Tra il vecchio e il nuovo regime (PDF). GoldenGate Edizioni. 2018.
  • "Diario della pandemia Covid-19 - IO ACCUSO", GoldenGate Edizioni, 2020[10]

Among the works of fiction, also written under the pseudonym Ralph Lorbeer:

  • "Roma a due piazze", Edizioni CEI, 1987
  • "Metropolitania", Rusconi Editore, 1991
  • "Il sogno di Pedro", Rusconi Editore, 1993
  • "Il progetto","La crociera" and " La condanna", Lancio Editore, 1997
  • "Mutus", Lancio Editore, 1998
  • "Quel film mai girato" Volume I, GoldenGate Edizioni, 2002
  • "Quel film mai girato" Volume II, GoldenGate Edizioni, 2003
  • "Cossiga Suite", GoldenGate Edizioni, 2009[11]
  • "Sorrento The Romance", GoldenGate Edizioni, 2013[12][13]
  • "Caruso The Song - Lucio Dalla and Sorrento", GoldenGate Edizioni, 2015[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
  • "Lucio Dalla and San Martino Valle Caudina. In the eyes and in the heart", GoldenGate Edizioni, 2016[27]
  • "Lucio Dalla and Sorrento Tour - Stages, images and testimonies", GoldenGate Edizioni, 2016[28][29][30][31][32]
  • "Dance The Love - A Star in Vico Equense", GoldenGate Edizioni, 2016[33][34] presented in Vico Equense, in national première, on 27 July, within the Social World Film Festival - International Exhibition of Social Cinema[35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54]
  • "Dance The Love - A Star in Vico Equense. Images - Testimonies", with Riccardo Piroddi, GoldenGate Edizioni, 2016[55]
  • "Interviews&cConversations about Don Alfonso 1890 - Salvatore Di Giacomo and Sant'Agata sui Due Golfi" (PDF). GoldenGate Edizioni. 2017.</ref>
  • "Don Alfonso 1890 - Salvatore di Giacomo and Sant'Agata sui Due Golfi", GoldenGate Edizioni, 2017[56]
  • "The Universe of Fragrances - The artistic epic of a master perfumer: Maurizio Cerizza", GoldenGate Edizioni, 2019[57]
  • "The Garbo's mystery. The other Greta - The praise of solitude (1942-1990)", GoldenGate Edizioni, to be released in 2022[58]

Musical compositions, tragedies and television documentaries

  • "Voyage" (for soprano and piano coloring), "Io sono come sono" (for tenor and piano), "Austerlitz" (for tenor and piano)
  • "Antinoo", "Memory", "Il mondo di Carlos", "Il caso Ciaikovskij", "Margaret by Margaret"
  • "I ponti della storia e della leggenda": Ponte Sublicio, Ponte Emilio, Ponte Milvio, Ponte Fabricio, Ponte Cestio e Ponte Elio, RAI, 2000[59]
  • "Lucio Dalla and Sorrento - The Places of the Soul", produced by GoldenGate Edizioni, 2015[60][61][62]
  • "Uno straccione, un clown" (A beggar, a clown), lyrics by Raffaele Lauro, music by Giuliano Cardella, Paolo Della Mora and Alberto Lucerna. Dedicated by Raffaele Lauro to Lucio Dalla, on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the death of the great artist from Bologna (1 March 2012/1 March 2017), performed by the band "The Sputos"[63]

Latest contributions

  • "BBC. Ricordo di Violetta Elvin Prokhorova"[64]
  • "Il futuro dell'economia tra sostenibilità, cultura e turismo"[65]
  • "Un nuovo Medioevo sta avanzando. Il male oscuro del nichilismo"[66]

Honours and awards edit

He was appointed, in 1990, 3rd Class Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, and in 1992, 2nd Class Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1992).[67] He also received top honors from governments and foreign countries (Chile, Morocco).[citation needed]

In 2004, in Agrigento, he won the prestigious "Premio Empedocle",[68] in memory of Paolo Borsellino, conferred by the Academy of Mediterranean Studies.

In 2005, the "Premio Personaggio Speciale 2005" by Confartigianato and, in 2006, together with the Maestro Lucio Dalla, the International Prize "Sorrento nel Mondo".[69]

In 2015, in Manfredonia, he received the "International Award for Culture - Re Manfredi" for his merits in the field of culture and defence of the rule of law.[70][71]

On 18 December 2015, with a special session, the City Council of San Martino Valle Caudina (AV), awarded him with honorary citizenship in recognition of the literary work, which enshrined the historic link between Lucio Dalla, Sorrento and San Martino Valle Caudina.[72] He was also awarded, in December 2016, with the honorary citizenship of Meta, in Sorrento Peninsula.[51]

During 2015/2016, he has realized the "Lucio Dalla and Sorrento Tour" in 21 stages, in Italy and abroad (in Sofia, under the patronage of the Presidency of the Republic), at prefectures, embassies, theatres, libraries and town halls, with 81 witnesses on Lucio Dalla’s bond with Sorrento, with Manfredonia and the South of Italy. The tour, which lasted a year, has been documented in a book, presented in Sorrento and Manfredonia, to mark the fourth anniversary of the Bolognese artist’s death (March the 1st 2012/March the 1st 2016).[73]

On the fifth anniversary of Lucio Dalla’s death (1 March 2012/ 1 March 2017) he dedicated a song to the great Bolognese artist, entitled "A beggar, a clown".[74][75][76][77][78]

Career Award "Sorrentine Peninsula Arturo Esposito 2019" for the narrative[79][80][81][82][83]

National Award "Caravella Tricolore 2020", section "Music", for the biographical work on Lucio Dalla[84]

Raffaele Lauro's political-institutional and literary biography has been published in English by "DA. Dante Alighieri Nottingham Society", among those of the major artists (poets, writers and composers), who inspired their work to Sorrento, such as Torquato Tasso, Mary Shelley, Henrik Ibsen, Marion Crawford, Maxim Gorky, Giovanbattista De Curtis and Lucio Dalla.[85]

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  24. ^ "MATERA, THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2019, TRIUMPHANTLY CELEBRATES THE RETURN OF LUCIO DALLA IN A BLAZE OF MEMORIES AND INTENSE EMOTIONS. EMOTIONAL PUBLIC DURING THE FRENCH NATIONAL ANTHEM. | Caruso The Song - Lucio Dalla e Sorrento". Caruso The Song. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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  26. ^ "The Lions Club Di Castellammare Di Stabia Host Honours The Memory Of Lucio Dalla With A Debate Of High Cultural Level, Which Truly Involved The Public. Lauro Analyses The Difficult And Often Conflicting Relationship Of The Two City Realities, Castellammare Di Stabia And Sorrento, Both Loved By The Singer-Songwriter From Bologna | Caruso The Song - Lucio Dalla E Sorrento". Caruso The Song. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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  35. ^ "THE LOVE OF FREEDOM, THE ART OF DANCE AND THE EXTRAORDINARY NATURAL BEAUTY OF VICO EQUENSE IN THE NEW NOVEL BY RAFFAELE LAURO, "DANCE THE LOVE - A STAR IN VICO EQUENSE", TO BE PRESENTED AT THE NATIONAL PREMIÈRE ON 27TH JULY 2016 IN VICO EQUENSE | dancethelove - Una stella a Vico Equense". www.raffaelelauro.it.
  36. ^ "LAURO EXPRESSES TO VIOLETTA ELVIN HIS GREAT AFFECTIONATE COMMOTION FOR THE PASSING OF THE GREAT BALLET DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER AND MAESTRO, ZARKO PREBIL. PREBIL WILL BE COMMEMORATED BY LAURO ON 27TH JULY IN VICO EQUENSE. | dancethelove - Una stella a Vico Equense". www.raffaelelauro.it.
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  42. ^ "VICO EQUENSE (27 JULY 2016) THE CHURCHYARD OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLIEST ANNUNCIATION THE PRESENTATION OF THE LATEST NOVEL OF "THE SORRENTINE TRILOGY" BY RAFFAELE LAURO, "DANCE THE LOVE - A STAR IN VICO EQUENSE" THE SUMMARY OF SPEECHES BY ANTONINO SINISCALCHI, ANDREA BUONOCORE, GIUSEPPE ALESSIO NUZZO, SALVATORE FERRARO, ANGELA BARBA, RAFFAELE LAURO AND VIOLETTA ELVIN | dancethelove - Una stella a Vico Equense". www.raffaelelauro.it.
  43. ^ "SAN MARTINO VALLE CAUDINA. SOLIDARITY, CULTURE, MUSIC, DANCE, EMOTIONS AND SOLID PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE AT THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS OF LUCIO DALLA'S MASTERPIECE, "CARUSO", CELEBRATED WITH PUBLIC'S ENTHUSIASM. A STANDING OVATION FOR VIOLETTA ELVIN WHO ENRICHED THE EVENING WITH HER PRESENCE | dancethelove - Una stella a Vico Equense". www.raffaelelauro.it.
  44. ^ "AN EMOTIONAL AND CROWDED EVENING IN SANT'AGATA SUI DUE GOLFI, WITH THUNDERING APPLAUSES FOR VIOLETTA ELVIN AND THE REVIEWERS OF "DANCE THE LOVE - A STAR IN VICO EQUENSE". RAFFAELE LAURO MAKES AN UNEXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS NEXT NOVEL TO BE PUBLISHED IN 2017, DEDICATED TO THE ENTREPRENEURIAL AND GASTRONOMIC EPOS OF ALFONSO IACCARINO, ENTITLED "SALVATORE DI GIACOMO AND SANT'AGATA SUI DUE GOLFI - DON SALVATORE AND DON ALFONSO" | dancethelove - Una stella a Vico Equense". www.raffaelelauro.it.
  45. ^ "SAN MARTINO VALLE CAUDINA (25TH AUGUST 2016) TOWN HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE OF LUCIO DALLA'S "CARUSO" (17TH AUGUST 1986 – 17TH AUGUST 2016), AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE LATEST NOVEL FROM "THE SORRENTINE TRILOGY" BY RAFFAELE LAURO "DANCE THE LOVE - A STAR IN VICO EQUENSE" THE SUMMARY OF SPEECHES BY PASQUALE PISANO, MICHELE NAPOLETANO, FRANCESCO BELLO, GOLDA RUSSO, CESARE AZAN, MATTEO PIANTEDOSI, RAFFAELE LAURO AND GIANNI RAVIELE | dancethelove - Una stella a Vico Equense". www.raffaelelauro.it.
  46. ^ "SANT'AGATA SUI DUE GOLFI (28TH AUGUST 2016) THE HALL OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE HOLIEST ROSARY THE PRESENTATION OF THE LATEST NOVEL OF "THE SORRENTINE TRILOGY" BY RAFFAELE LAURO, "DANCE THE LOVE - A STAR IN VICO EQUENSE" THE SUMMARY OF SPEECHES BY DONATO IACCARINO, LORENZO BALDUCELLI, GIOVANNA STAIANO, RICCARDO PIRODDI, LIVIA IACCARINO, NICOLA DI MARTINO AND RAFFAELE LAURO | dancethelove - Una stella a Vico Equense". www.raffaelelauro.it.
  47. ^ "VIOLETTA ELVIN, THANKS TO HER MAGNETIC PRESENCE, ENLIGHTENS WITH HER ROYAL GRACE AND REFINED SIMPLICITY THE PRESENTATION OF "DANCE THE LOVE - A STAR IN VICO EQUENSE" BY RAFFAELE LAURO AT THE TOWN HALL OF SORRENTO, CAUSING A TORNADO OF APLLAUSES AND UNREPEATABLE EMOTIONS | dancethelove - Una stella a Vico Equense". www.raffaelelauro.it.
  48. ^ "SORRENTO (10TH SEPTEMBER 2016) TOWN HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER THE PRESENTATION OF THE LATEST NOVEL OF " THE SORRENTINE TRILOGY" BY RAFFAELE LAURO, "DANCE THE LOVE - A STAR IN VICO EQUENSE" THE SUMMARY OF SPEECHES BY ANTONINO PANE, GIUSEPPE CUOMO, MARIA TERESA DE ANGELIS, CARLO ALFARO, MARISA CIMMINO, PAOLA SAVARESE, NADIA DI LEVA, RAFFAELE LAURO AND VIOLETTA ELVIN | dancethelove - Una stella a Vico Equense". www.raffaelelauro.it.
  49. ^ "PIANO DI SORRENTO PAYS A TRIUMPHANT TRIBUTE TO DANCE. ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION OF THE NEW NOVEL BY RAFFAELE LAURO DURING A CROWDED EVENING OF THE HIGHEST CULTURAL PROFILE | dancethelove - Una stella a Vico Equense". www.raffaelelauro.it.
  50. ^ "PIANO DI SORRENTO (OCTOBER, 7th, 2016) TOWN HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER THE PRESENTATION OF THE LATEST NOVEL OF "THE SORRENTINE TRILOGY" BY RAFFAELE LAURO, "DANCE THE LOVE - A STAR IN VICO EQUENSE" THE SUMMARY OF SPEECHES BY VINCENZO CALIFANO, VINCENZO IACCARINO, CARMELA CILENTO, PATRIZIA MAROTTA, EMILIA D'ESPOSITO, FLORIANA CAFIERO, PATTY SCHISA, ROSA RUSSO AND FABRIZIO D'ESPOSITO | dancethelove - Una stella a Vico Equense". www.raffaelelauro.it.
  51. ^ a b "META. THE FEMININE AND EMOTIONAL PEMIÈRE OF "DANCE THE LOVE – A STAR IN VICO EQUENSE" BY RAFFAELE LAURO. MAYOR GIUSEPPE TITO PROPOSES TO GRANT THE HONORARY CITIZENSHIP OF META TO THE SORRENTINE WRITER | Raffaele Lauro". www.raffaelelauro.it.
  52. ^ "META (NOVEMBER, 5th, 2016). TOWN HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER. THE PRESENTATION OF THE LATEST NOVEL OF "THE SORRENTINE TRILOGY" BY RAFFAELE LAURO, "DANCE THE LOVE - A STAR IN VICO EQUENSE" THE SUMMARY OF SPEECHES BY CIRIACO VIGGIANO, GIUSEPPE TITO, BIANCAMARIA BALZANO, ANGIE CAFIERO, MARIA COSTAGLIOLA, FRANCESCA ATTANASIO, CARLA COPPOLA AND RAFFAELE LAURO | Raffaele Lauro". www.raffaelelauro.it.
  53. ^ "HUGE WELCOME IN PRESENZANO OF THE NARRATIVE WORK, "DANCE THE LOVE - A STAR IN VICO EQUENSE" BY RAFFAELE LAURO, DEDICATED TO THE GREAT RUSSIAN DANCER, VIOLETTA ELVIN | Raffaele Lauro". www.raffaelelauro.it.
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