He would have turned 74 in November Paolo De Ioanna, who passed away in the night. Councilor of State, he was the man of public accounts for many years, a civil servant who served the State administration for a long time at the highest levels, working side by side with Treasury ministers of the caliber of Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Tommaso Padoa Schioppa, traversing governments and political majorities.
In his long curriculum, the first real important position dates back to 1989, when De Ioanna became head of the Senate Budget Service, the structure that makes fleas to economic measures. In truth, his adventure in Palazzo Madama had even begun on 1 January 1974, the date on which he assumed the position of employee in the secretariat of the Budget Commission. He was head of the OIV (Independent Evaluation Body) of the Ministry of Economy, the structure that was introduced throughout the PA in 2009 by then Minister Renato Brunetta for measuring and evaluating the performance of the various offices.
Between 1996 and 1998 he was head of the cabinet of the then minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, in such an important and delicate two-year period for Italy's path towards the single currency. Between 98 and 2000 he was general secretary of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (D'Alema 1 and D'Alema 2 governments). Then, between 2006 and 2008, De Ioanna returned to being the head of the cabinet, this time for then minister Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, holder of the department in the Prodi II government.
Good night DeIoanna. It was better that way, believe me. A person like her could not breathe the same air as these offenders.