Vittorio Prodi

Vittorio Prodi (born on 19 May 1937 in Reggio Emilia) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for North-East with the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, a president of the Delegation for relations with South Africa and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council.

He is one of Romano Prodi's six brothers and two sisters

Career

• 1959: Graduated in physics at the University of Bologna
• 1970: lecturer in nuclear measurements
• University lecturer and researcher in leading national and international institutes
• since 1983: associate professor in the Physics Department of the University of Bologna
• 1995-2004: Chairman of the Provincial Council of Bologna
• 2001-2004: Member of the provincial representation of the Conference 'State - Cities - Local Governments' and of the 'Unified Conference' (State, Cities, local governments and Regions)
• Author of numerous publications and of five international patents

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)

External links

• Official website of Vittorio Prodi: www.vittorioprodi.it
• European Parliament biography of Vittorio Prodi (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (Italian)