Franco Frattini (born 14 March 1957 in Rome) is an Italian politician.A junior minister from 1994 to 1996 in the Berlusconi I and Dini cabinets, he later served as foreign minister in the Berlusconi II and III cabinets (2002-2004). Frattini was nominated Vice President and European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security in the first Barroso Commission (2004-2008), which he left to come back as Italian Foreign minister in the last Berlusconi IV Cabinet (2008-2011).