Question: Facts: - death place: near bascape , italy - known for: development of oil industry in italy - caption: enrico mattei - party: christian democracy - death date: 27 october 1962 - birth date: april 29 , 1906 april 29 , 1906 - name: enrico mattei - nationality: italian - image: enrico mattei.jpg - birth place: acqualagna , italy - occupation: public administrator Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of enrico mattei .
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enrico mattei -lrb- april 29 , 1906 -- october 27 , 1962 -rrb- was an italian public administrator .after world war ii he was given the task of dismantling the italian petroleum agency agip , a state enterprise established by the fascist regime .instead mattei enlarged and reorganized it into the national fuel trust '' ente nazionale idrocarburi '' -lrb- eni -rrb- .under his direction eni negotiated important oil concessions in the middle east as well as a significant trade agreement with the soviet union which helped break the oligopoly of the ' seven sisters ' that dominated the mid 20th century oil industry .he also introduced the principle whereby the country that owned exploited oil reserves received 75 % of the profits .mattei , who became a powerful figure in italy , was a christian democrat , and a member of parliament from 1948 to 1953 .mattei made eni a powerful company , so much so that italians called it '' the state within the state . ''he died in a mysterious plane crash in 1962 , likely caused by a bomb in the plane .the unsolved death of mattei has obsessed italy for years and was the subject of an award-winning film '' the mattei affair '' by francesco rosi in 1972 .