Giuseppe Cossiga (born 30 October 1963) is an Italian politician, member of

Brothers of Italy Brothers of Italy ( it, Fratelli d'Italia, FdI) is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Italy. It is led by Giorgia Meloni, the incumbent Prime Minister of Italy and the first woman to serve in the position. Accor ...

from 2012 to 2016. Deputy from 2001 to 2013, he became (with

Guido Crosetto Guido Crosetto (born 19 September 1963) is an Italian businessman and politician, who has been serving as Italian Minister of Defence, Minister of Defence since 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni. A former Christian-democrat, C ...

) Undersecretary of State for Defence in the fourth cabinet of

Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies ...

(2008–2011).

Biography

Study and work

Cossiga was born in

Sassari Sassari (, ; sdc, Sàssari ; sc, Tàtari, ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 127,525 inhabitants, and a Functional Urban Area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, ...

by politician

Francesco Cossiga Francesco Maurizio Cossiga (; sc, Frantziscu Maurìtziu Còssiga, ; 1928 – 2010)
. was an Italian pol ...

and his spouse, pharmacist Giuseppa Sigurani. He graduated in

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at the University of Rome. He has worked in the aerospace sector and spent a significant period of time abroad in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

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and in the

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. He also focused on roads and traffic collection and control technologies in various countries; later, he worked in the telecommunications and multimedia services sectors. He has been a teacher at the

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a Public university, public research university l ...

in the "Master for Air Transports" and Chairman of the ''ISTRID - Istituto Studi e Ricerche per la Difesa'' (Institute for Defence Studies and Research).

Political career

After his election as

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in 2001, he has become the person of reference for Defence-related issues in FI, the

's party. During the 14th Parliament (2001–2006), he was Member and Spokesperson of the Defence Committee, Member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Lower House (known as ''

Montecitorio The Palazzo Montecitorio () is a palace in Rome and the seat of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian Parliament. History The palace's name derives from the slight hill on which it is built, which was claimed to be the ''Mons ...

''), Member of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on the Mitrokhin File and on the Nazi-fascist Crimes. He was re-elected to the 15th Parliament (2006–2008) for

Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...

in the Constituency of

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

and appointed Member and Spokesperson for the Defence Committee of the Forza Italia Parliamentary Group. In 2008, he stood for election to the Parliament in the lists of

The People of Freedom The People of Freedom ( it, Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL, launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007, was initially a federation of political parties, notably including Forza Italia a ...

(PDL); he was re-elected to the 16th Parliament (2008–2013), again in the Constituency of

: in December 2012 he left, with

, the PDL and run with

Giorgia Meloni Giorgia Meloni (; born 15 January 1977) is an Italian politician who has been serving as the Prime Minister of Italy since 22 October 2022, the first woman to hold this position. A member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006, she has led the ...

(FdI) for Senate in the 2013 general election, but he was not elected because FdI did not passed the threshold at 3% of the electoral law known as '' Porcellum''.

Personal life

Cossiga is the son of the former

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and former

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Francesco Cossiga Francesco Maurizio Cossiga (; sc, Frantziscu Maurìtziu Còssiga, ; 1928 – 2010)
. was an Italian pol ...

. Giuseppe is a passionate historian and a fan of military simulations. He speaks English, French and Spanish. He is married and has one son.

References

External links

Italian Ministry of Defence Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cossiga, Giuseppe 1963 births Living people People from Sassari Forza Italia politicians The People of Freedom politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Brothers of Italy politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy)