Raffaele Costa
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Raffaele Costa | |
|---|---|
Maria Pia Garavaglia | |
| Succeeded by | Elio Guzzanti |
| President of the Province of Cuneo | |
| In office 13 June 2004 – 9 June 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Giovanni Quaglia |
| Succeeded by | Gianna Gancia |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 5 July 1976 – 27 April 2006 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 13 June 1999 – 13 June 2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 September 1936 Mondovì, Italy |
| Political party | Liberal (till 1994) Forza Italia (1994–2009) |
Raffaele Costa (born 8 September 1936) is an
Italian Chamber of Deputies representing the Italian Liberal Party and later Forza Italia between 1976 and 2003, and was also a member of the European Parliament of the European People's Party
until June 2004.
His son,
Gentiloni Cabinet
.
Early life and education
Costa was born in Mondovì. He holds a degree in Law and Political Science.
Parliamentary career
He was elected to the
Italian Chamber of Deputies
in 1976, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996 and 2001.
As Minister
He was Minister without Portfolio for the co-ordination of community political and regional affairs (1992), Minister of Health (1993), Minister of Transport and Minister of the Merchant Marine in the Ciampi government.
As Under-Secretary of State
Costa was parliamentary under-secretary of state in the:
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (8th Legislature)
- Ministry of the Interior (Craxi Government)
- Ministry of Public Works (9th Legislature)
In the European Parliament
- Member of the European Parliament's former Committee on the Atmosphere
- Member of European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control
- Member of European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
- Member of European Parliament's Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Other appointments
- Chairman of the Defence Committee of the Chamber of Deputies
- Vice-Chairman of the Agriculture and Forestry Committee of the Chamber of Deputies (1976–1979)
- General Secretary of the Italian Liberal Party (1993–1994)
- Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Federalist parliamentary group (1995–1996)
- Administrator of Forza Italia's Office for Citizens' Rights
- President of the Province of Cuneo (2004–2009)
Author
Costa has written four books:
- The Doctor is Outside the Room
- My First Republic
- Italy, Land of Waste
- Italy, Land of Privilege
Publisher
He founded and published the periodical Il Duemila in 1971.
See also
External links
- Official website (in Italian) [dead link]
- MEPs European Parliament
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