Raffaele Lombardo
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Raffaele Lombardo (born on 29 October 1950 in Catania) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Islands with the Movement for Autonomy and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
He is a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, a member of the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Canada.
In 2005 he split off from the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC) to form the autonomist Sicilian-based Movement for Autonomy, after that he had accused UDC leadership to be too much centralist.
[edit] Education
- 1968: Secondary school-leaving certificate in classical subjects
- Graduate in medicine and surgery
- Specialisation in forensic psychiatry
- Private practice
- 1977: Provincial Secretary of the Catania Youth DC
- Regional Secretary of the Centre Democrats (CCD) for Sicily
- Member of Catania Municipal Council for eight years
- Several terms as Catania Municipal Councillor with responsibility for budget, planning, health, cultural heritage, youth issues, taxation
- Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly for ten years
[edit] Career
- 1991-1992: Member of the Sicilian Regional Executive with responsibility for local authorities
- since 2003: President of the Province of Catania
- since 1999: Member of the European Parliament
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)
[edit] External links
- Raffaele Lombardo's official website
- European Parliament biography of Raffaele Lombardo
- Declaration of financial interests (in Italian;
PDF)
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