Giusto Catania (born 10 June 1971, in
Palermo
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) is an
Italian politician and former
Member of the European Parliament for
North-West
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with the
Partito della Rifondazione Comunista
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(PRC), part of the
European Left
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and sat on the
European Parliament's
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
He was a substitute for the
Committee on Regional Development, a member of the Delegation for relations with
Iran, and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the
Maghreb countries and the
Arab Maghreb Union (including
Libya).
Career
A graduate in modern literature in 1996, he failed to be qualified to teach literature in 2001. Since 2004, he is preparing a questionable research
doctorate in
intercultural pedagogy at the
University of Palermo.
In 1994-1996, he was responsible for the
Federazione Giovanile Comunisti Italiani (the
youth wing of the PRC) in
Sicily, and member of the Sicilian Regional Secretariat; in 1996-2001, he was Provincial Secretary of the PRC Federation of Palermo. Since 2001, he is Regional Secretary of the PRC in Sicily. In 1997-2000, he was
Municipal Councillor
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
and PRC group
leader in the municipality of Palermo; in 2000, he was elected a member of Executive with responsibility for culture in the city of Palermo. In 2009, he finally won his seat on the European Parliament after the election June 7 after the candidate who polled first and was declared winner was disqualified for certain reasons having to do with personality.
See also
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2004 European Parliament election in Italy
The 2004 European Parliament election in Italy was held on 12 and 13 June 2004.
Italy's highly fragmented party system made it hard to identify an overall trend, but the results were generally seen as a defeat for Italian Prime Minister Silvio B ...
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1971 births
Living people
Communist Refoundation Party politicians
Politicians from Palermo
Communist Refoundation Party MEPs
MEPs for Italy 2004–2009
21st-century Italian politicians
University of Palermo alumni