Domenico Comino | |
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 Comino in 1994 | |
| Minister for the Coordination of European Union Policies | |
| In office 10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Livio Paladin |
| Succeeded by | Enrico Letta |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 23 April 1992 – 29 May 2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 September 1955 Morozzo, Italy |
| Political party | Northern League (1989-1999) |
| Alma mater | University of Turin |
| Occupation | Politician, agronomist |
Domenico Comino (born 27 September 1955) is an Italian politician, who served as the minister of European affairs and state minister in the mid-1990s.
Biography
Comino was born in Morozzo on 27 September 1955. [1] He is one of the former leaders of Lega Nord. [2] He served as state minister for the EU relations in the first cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi in 1994. [3] Comino was one of the five Lega members in the cabinet who resigned from office in December 1994 in order to vote against Berlusconi in the censure motion. [4]
Comino served in the Italian parliament for three successive periods between 1992 and 1997. [1] Until 1999 he was the Lega Nord's president of the Piedmont region. [5] In 1999, he was expelled from Lega Nord and joined an electoral alliance with Forza Italia. [6]
References
- ^ a b "Domenico Comino" (in Italian). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Danièle Caramani; Yves Meny (2005). Challenges to Consensual Politics: Democracy, Identity, and Populist Protest in the Alpine Region. Peter Lang. p. 118. ISBN 978-90-5201-250-6.
- ^ Markus Thiel (2009). The 'militant Democracy' Principle in Modern Democracies. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-4094-9679-3.
- ^ Federiga Bindi (2011). Italy and the European Union. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-8157-0509-3.
- ^ Benito Giordano (2001). "The contrasting geographies of 'Padania': The case of Lega Nord in Northern Italy" (PDF). Area. 33 (1): 27–37. doi: 10.1111/1475-4762.00005.
- ^ Fabrizio Capogrosso (February 2009). To What Extent Does Europeanization Affect National Political Parties?. Norderstedt: GRIN Verlag. p. 12. ISBN 978-3-640-26263-2.
External links
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