Raffaele Lombardo ; (born 29 October 1950, in
Catania) is an
Italian
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politician who was President of
Sicily
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and former
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
for
Islands
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with the
Movement for the Autonomies
The Movement for Autonomy ( it, Movimento per l'Autonomia, MpA) is a regionalist, Christian-democratic political party in Italy, based in Sicily. The MpA, whose founder and leader is Raffaele Lombardo, demands economic development, greater autono ...
and has sat on the
European Parliament
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's
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.
In 2005, he split off from the
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC) to form the autonomist Sicilian-based
Movement for Autonomy
The Movement for Autonomy ( it, Movimento per l'Autonomia, MpA) is a regionalist, Christian-democratic political party in Italy, based in Sicily. The MpA, whose founder and leader is Raffaele Lombardo, demands economic development, greater autono ...
, after he had accused the UDC leadership of being too centralist. In 2008, he was elected as President of Sicily, obtaining over 65% of the regional votes and defeating
Anna Finocchiaro of the
Democratic Party. On 31 July 2012, he resigned from the presidency because he was under investigation for external contribution with mafia and pork-barrelling, as it appears that he had relationships with some figure of Cosa Nostra. Nevertheless, in the following elections he managed to have his 23 years old son Toti elected in the Sicilian Regional Assembly. On 19 February 2014, he was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison for Mafia association, but in 2022 he was acquitted in the second appeal trial.
Education
* 1968:
Secondary school-leaving certificate in
classical subjects
*
Graduate in
medicine
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and surgery
*
Specialisation in
forensic
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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
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for eight years
* Several terms as Catania
Municipal Council
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lor with responsibility for
budget, planning, health, cultural heritage, youth issues, taxation
Career
* 1986-1994: Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly with
Christian Democracy
* 1991-1992: Assessor for Local Authorities of the Sicilian Regional Executive (resigned for enquiries)
* 1999-2008:
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
with CCD
* 2003-2008: President of the
Province of Catania
The Province of Catania ( it, Provincia di Catania; scn, Pruvincia di Catania) was a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in southern Italy. Its capital was the city of Catania. It had an area of and a total population of about 1, ...
with UDC
* 2008-2012: President of Sicily with MPA
References
External links
Raffaele Lombardo's official websiteEuropean Parliament biography of Raffaele Lombardo*
1950 births
Living people
Presidents of Sicily
Politicians from Catania
MEPs for Italy 2004–2009
Movement for the Autonomies MEPs
Movement for the Autonomies politicians
MEPs for Italy 1999–2004
Christian Democratic Centre politicians
Members of the Sicilian Regional Assembly
Presidents of the Province of Catania
Heads of government who were later imprisoned
Italian politicians convicted of crimes
Criminals from Sicily
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