Domenico Scilipoti Isgrò (born 26 August 1957 in

Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (; Sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Baccialona Pizzaottu'') is a town and ''comune'' of about 50,000 inhabitants in the north coast of Sicily, Italy, from Messina, Italy, Messina towards Palermo. It belongs to the M ...

, Sicily) is an Italian politician and doctor.

Biography

Domenico Scilipoti graduated from the University of Messina in medicine and surgery, getting a specialization in gynecology and obstetrics. He practices as a gynecologist and acupuncturist and was a visiting professor at the Departamento de Anatomia Humana at the Federal University of Paraná (State of Brazil) and the A.B.P.S. of

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(Brazil). Scilipoti was municipal councilor in

Terme Vigliatore Terme Vigliatore ( Sicilian: ''Tèrmini Vigghiaturi'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina at the mouth of the Patrì river. ...

(Messina) from 1983 to 1998 and from 2003 to 2005; for the same municipality he also served as deputy mayor in 1986 and as assessor of budget and finance in 1998. In the

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and 2006 general election he was candidate for the Senate with the

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, but he was not elected. He was elected for the first time at the Chamber of Deputies in the 2008 general election. On 9 December 2010 he left IdV to found the

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and on 14 December, along with

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and

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, saved the

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voting for the trust. Shortly after the vote of trust in the Chambers, in Piazza San Silvestro in Rome, some immigrants paraded in front of TV newscasts with banners supporting the decisions of Scilipoti. Identified by the police, they declared that they were paid by the same deputy to make believe that there is a consensus on his choices. In January 2011 he joined the new parliamentary group

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(later ''People and Territory''), of which he was elected vicar deputy leader. In the 2013 general election Scilipoti was elected senator with

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. He was again candidate to the Senate in

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with

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, but he was not re-elected.

Publications

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References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scilipoti, Domenico 1957 births Living people Italian Democratic Socialist Party politicians Italy of Values politicians The People of Freedom politicians Forza Italia (2013) politicians Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy Senators of Legislature XVII of Italy Politicians of Sicily Italian gynaecologists Italian expatriates in Brazil 20th-century Italian physicians Acupuncturists