Raffaele Costa | |
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Minister of Health | |
In office 21 February 1993 –23 April 1993 | |
Prime Minister | Giuliano Amato |
Preceded by | Francesco De Lorenzo |
Succeeded by | Maria Pia Garavaglia |
In office 10 May 1994 –17 January 1995 | |
Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
Preceded by | 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 | Mondovì,Italy | 8 September 1936
Political party | Liberal (till 1994) Forza Italia (1994–2009) |
Raffaele Costa (born 8 September 1936) is an Italian politician. He was the president of the Province of Cuneo from June 2004 to June 2009. He was previously a member of the 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,Enrico Costa,is also a politician and was Italian Minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies in the Renzi Cabinet and the Gentiloni Cabinet.
Costa was born in Mondovì. He holds a degree in Law and Political Science.
He was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1976,1979,1983,1987,1992,1994,1996 and 2001.
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.
Costa was parliamentary under-secretary of state in the:
Costa has written four books:
He founded and published the periodical Il Duemila in 1971.
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