Paolo Costa (politician)
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Paolo Costa | |
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Minister of Public Works | |
In office 20 November 1996 – 21 October 1998 | |
Prime Minister | Romano Prodi |
Preceded by | Antonio Di Pietro |
Succeeded by | Enrico Luigi Micheli |
Personal details | |
Born | Venice, Italy | 23 July 1943
Political party | Democratic Party |
Alma mater | Ca' Foscari University |
Profession | Economist University professor |
Paolo Costa (born 23 July 1943) is the president of the Venice Port Authority. He was elected as an Italian member of the European Parliament in 1999 and 2004, and since 2003 he was the chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism at the European Parliament. He was elected on the Olive Tree ticket and sat with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group.
Before entering politics he held numerous posts in planning and economics at
Ca' Foscari University
in Venice (1992–1996). He was a member of Venice City Council (1997–2000) and mayor of Venice (2000–2005). He was chairman of the Council of AISRE (Italian Association of Regional Science) (1982–1984); member of the Scientific Committee for the Italian General Transport Plan (1985–1987), and Italian Minister for Public Works (1996–1998).
He received the honour of Knight of the Grand Cross, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1998.