Following Positions
From 2011 Frattini is president of the Foundation Alcide De Gasperi.
From 2012 he is president of the Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI), a non-profit organization of internationalist character, working under the supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Frattini is the first politician to fill a position previously reserved for diplomats and academics of the highest level.
In 2012 Frattini received the honorary citizenship of the city of Tirana.
Frattini is a candidate for the post of NATO's secretary general, currently hold by Anders Fogh Rasmussen. He may replace him in 2014, after a 1-year extension of Rasmussen's mandate, to coincide with NATO's retreat from Afghanistan.
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