Carlo Andreotti was born in Trento on 21 May 1943. He graduated in law and is licensed to practice as a lawyer. Later he became a journalist, he was editor of
L'Adige and worked for
RAI, becoming head of service. In January 1988, it was founded the
Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT) and Andreotti became its political secretary, a position he held until 1994, while from 1997 to 1999 he was its president. In 1988 he was elected regional councillor, an office he held until 2008. In the IX legislature (1994–199) Andreotti was president of the Province of Trento; from 2002 to 2004 he was president of
Trentino-Alto Adige; finally, in the
2003 provincial elections he was the candidate for President of the Province with the support of the
House of Freedoms, obtaining just 30.67% of the votes and thus being defeated by
Lorenzo Dellai. ==References==