Valentino Castellani
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"Valentino Castellani" was the independent mayor of Turin, Italy from July 22, 1993 – May 31, 2001, when he led the centre-left coalition. He is also a noted university professor and alumni of the Polytechnic University of Turin. He is the author of some 70 scientific publications, some of which in the theory of transmission and coding applied to satellites and mobile communication.

From 1999 to 2006 President of the Turin Organizing Committee, the organizing committee of the XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin.

He has lived in Turin for over forty years, is married and has three children.

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That's it. It's not worth trying to work this way anymore, ... You can't occupy a position of responsibility like mine and not have the faith and support of all the people who have a responsibility for organizing the Olympics.

We have resolved all the financial problems. The venues are pretty much all ready.

When the IOC co-ordination commission returns, we are confident we will be able to show them that everything is in place.

Most of the test events were held last winter with great success and in November and December we will have the final test events. We are getting close.

Work on the venues has basically been completed.

It is a route that will show all the beauty and variety of our country.

These 10,000 are an extraordinary symbol of our country's will to be there, to participate in these Olympics.

The culture of Italians is that of a very short time, so it is difficult, ... It would be unbelievable in our country to, say, make a reservation at a restaurant one month in advance. They would answer the phone and say, 'Are you crazy, sir?' .

It's not an emergency, this can be handled.