Enrico Letta

Enrico Letta served as Prime Minister of Italy from 2013 to 2014. Currently, he is the dean of the IE School of Politics, Economics, and Global Affairs, president of the Jacques Delors Institute and president of the Italian AREL Institute for Economic and Political Research. In September 2023 the European institutions tasked him with writing a report on the future of the EU Single Market, which led to the influential publication Much more than a Market. From 2021 to 2023, Letta was the National Secretary of the Democratic Party in Italy. Prior to that, from 2015 to 2021, he was dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po. In 2019, he was appointed president of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) for a two-year term. Earlier in his career, Letta served as Minister for EU Affairs (1998–1999), Minister for Industry, Trade and Crafts (2000), Minister for Industry and Foreign Trade (2000–2001), and Undersecretary of State to Prime Minister Romano Prodi (2006–2008). Letta is a strong believer in deeper European integration.