Sergio Costa (born 22 April 1959) is an Italian

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official and politician, who served in the government of Italy as

Minister of the Environment An environment minister (sometimes minister of the environment or secretary of the environment) is a cabinet position charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation. The areas associated with the duties of an ...

between 2018 and 2021.

Biography

Costa was born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

on 22 April 1959. In 1983 he graduated in

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at the

University of Naples Federico II The University of Naples Federico II ( it, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) is a public university in Naples, Italy. Founded in 1224, it is the oldest public non-sectarian university in the world, and is now organized into 26 depar ...

. Between 2006 and 2008 he was in the staff of the Minister for the Environment

Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio 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 and as Minister of Environment in the second cabinet of Romano Prodi. Bor ...

during the

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Military career

He was Commander of the

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of Naples, with the title of Manager, until 7 April 2009. In 2009 he passed to the

State Forestry Corps The State Forestry Corps ( Italian: ''Corpo forestale dello Stato'' or ''CFS'') was a national police agency in Italy. It was established on 15 October 1822 by Charles Felix of Sardinia as Amministrazione forestale per la custodia e la vigilanza ...

; from 2009 to 2010 he was regional commander of the

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, and vice commander from 2010 to 2011. Subsequently he was Provincial Commander of Naples from 2011 to 2014 and Regional Commander of

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from 2014 to 2016. Inserted in the ranks of the

Carabinieri The Carabinieri (, also , ; formally ''Arma dei Carabinieri'', "Arm of Carabineers"; previously ''Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali'', "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign poli ...

, after the incorporation of the Forestry Corps, from 1 January 2017 to 31 May 2018 he was Regional Commandant of forest carabinieri of Campania, with the rank of

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Minister of the Environment

On 25 February 2018,

Luigi Di Maio Luigi Di Maio (; born 6 July 1986) is an Italian former stadium beverage vendor and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2022, as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Soc ...

(leader of the

Five Star Movement The Five Star Movement ( it, Movimento 5 Stelle , M5S) is a political party in Italy. Its leader and president is Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 until 2021. The M5S was founded on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo, a comedian a ...

) indicated Sergio Costa as Minister of the Environment of his possible future government team.Di Maio svela la squadra: “Il generale Costa all’Ambiente e tre donne nei ministeri chiave”
/ref> Finally, on 1 June 2018, Costa was officially appointed

of the

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. He was later re-confirmed in the

Conte II Cabinet The second Conte government was the 66th government of the Italian Republic and the second government led by Giuseppe Conte. The government was sworn in on 5 September 2019 to 13 February 2021. The government was supported by the anti-establi ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Sergio 1959 births 21st-century Italian politicians Carabinieri University of Naples Federico II alumni Living people Conte I Cabinet Conte II Cabinet Environment ministers of Italy Politicians from Naples Vice presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy)