Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio (born 13 March 1959) is an Italian politician, lawyer and journalist. He served as Minister of Agriculture in the second cabinet of

Giuliano Amato Giuliano Amato (; born 13 May 1938) is an Italian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy, first from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2001. Upon Arnaldo Forlani's death in July 2023, Amato became the country's earliest-servin ...

and as Minister of Environment in the second cabinet of

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. Born in

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, member of the

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since 1992, Pecoraro Scanio was the leader of the

Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens (, FdV), frequently referred to as Greens (''Verdi''), was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens. The FdV was part of the Eur ...

, one of the parties making up the ruling coalition in the new Italian government. He also served as Minister for Agriculture from 2000 to 2001 in the cabinet of

. He was also one of the candidates as leader of L'Unione for the primary election held on 16 October 2005, finishing in fifth place with 2.2% of national votes. Pecoraro Scanio has been accused of populistic and opportunistic behaviour for his position on the major waste disposal problem in Naples, which is part of his electoral region.... Pecoraro Scanio is openly

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. He has a younger brother, Marco Pecoraro Scanio, who is a former

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with such clubs as

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, Salernitana and Ancona 1905. Marco is also a

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for the Green Party, elected in the 2006 election. He is now President of the ''UniVerde Foundation'' and teaches at both the University of Milan Bicocca and the Tor Vergata University of Rome.

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