Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini

Infobox_President
name = Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini
nationality = Italian


caption = Scognamiglio at Aviano Air Base in 1999
order = President of the Italian Senate
term_start = April 16 1994
term_end = May 8 1996
predecessor = Giovanni Spadolini
successor = Nicola Mancino
order2 = Italian Minister of Defense
term_start2 = October 21, 1998
term_end2 = December 22, 1999
predecessor2 = Beniamino Andreatta
successor2 = Sergio Mattarella
primeminister2 = Massimo D'Alema
birth_date = birth date and age|1944|11|27
birth_place = Varese, Italy
death_date =
death_place =
spouse =
party = Forza Italia
profession = Economist

Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini (born November 27, 1944 in Varese) is a former Italian politician. He is a university professor, economist and he was chancellor of Luiss University (1984-1992).

In 1992 he became Senator for the Italian Liberal Party (PLI), then in 1994 he moved to Forza Italia of Silvio Berlusconi; during the 12th Legislature of the Italian Parliament, Scognamiglio was elected as President of Senate, defeating Giovanni Spadolini by one ballot. He was President of the Senate from April 16 1994 to May 8 1996.

In 1996 he was elected again with Forza Italia, but in 1998 he joined the project Democratic Union for the Republic of former President Francesco Cossiga. When Massimo D'Alema became Prime Minister, Carlo Scognamiglio was Minister of Defense from October 21, 1998 to December 22, 1999.

He was not re-elected in the 2001 election, when he joined with European Democracy of Sergio D'Antoni. He tried again for the European Parliament in 2004 on an electoral list with Mario Segni (the Pact of Liberal Democrats), but it took only 0.5% of ballots.