What is Tullio De Mauro?
[[File:Tullio De Mauro Trento 2007.jpg|thumb|De Mauro in May 2007]] '''Tullio De Mauro''' (31 March [[1932]] &ndash; 5 January [[2017]]) was an [[Italians|Italian]] linguist and [[politician]]. He was the [[Italy|Italian]] Minister of Education from 2000 to 2001, under [[Prime Minister of Italy|Prime Minister]] [[Giuliano Amato]] (2nd government). He was also a professor of general linguistics at the Faculty of Humanities of the [[University of Rome]]. He was born in [[Torre Annunziata]], [[Campania]]. He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/De_Mauro_Tullio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/De_Mauro_Tullio |title=Tullio De Mauro|publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> De Mauro died on 5 January 2017 in [[Rome]] at the age of 84.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/01/05/tullio-de-mauro-morto-a-84-anni-il-linguista-ex-ministro-dellistruzione/3297455/|title=Tullio De Mauro, morto a 84 anni il linguista ex ministro dell’Istruzione|work=il Fatto Quotidiano|date=5 January 2017|access-date=5 January 2017|language=it}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.tulliodemauro.com}} {{DEFAULTSORT:De Mauro, Tullio}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from Campania]] [[Category:Writers from Rome]] [[Category:Linguists]] [[Category:Italian academics]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]] {{Bio-stub}}