Raffaele Lombardo | |
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President of Sicily | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 2008 |
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Preceded by | Salvatore Cuffaro |
Personal details | |
Born | 29 October 1950 Catania, Italy |
Nationality | Italian |
Political party | Movement for Autonomies |
Residence | Catania |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Raffaele Lombardo (born on 29 October 1950 in Catania) is an Italian politician, President of Sicily and former Member of the European Parliament for Islands with the Movement for Autonomies and has sat 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 he had accused the UDC leadership of being too centralist. On 2008 he was elected as President of Sicily, obtaining over 65% of the regional votes and defeating Anna Finocchiaro.
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)
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