Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio (born 13 March 1959) is an Italian politician, lawyer and journalist. He served as Minister of Agriculture in the second cabinet of

Giuliano Amato Giuliano Amato (; born 13 May 1938) is an Italian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy, first from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2001. Later, he was Vice President of the Convention on the Future of Europe that drafted t ...

and as Minister of Environment in the second cabinet of

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. Born in Salerno, member of the

Italian Chamber of Deputies The Chamber of Deputies ( it, Camera dei deputati) is the lower house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Senate of the Republic). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral system, meaning they perform identical funct ...

since 1992, Pecoraro Scanio was the leader of the

Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens ( it, Federazione dei Verdi, FdV), frequently referred to as Greens (''Verdi''), was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens. T ...

, one of the parties making up the ruling coalition in the new Italian government. He also served as Minister for Agriculture from 2000 to 2001 in the cabinet of

. He was also one of the candidates as leader of

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for the primary election held on 16 October 2005, finishing in fifth place with 2.2% of national votes. Pecoraro Scanio has been accused of populistic and opportunistic behaviour for his position on the major waste disposal problem in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, which is part of his electoral region.... Pecoraro Scanio is openly bisexual. He has a younger brother, Marco Pecoraro Scanio, who is a former

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with such clubs as

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and

Ancona 1905 Unione Sportiva Ancona 1905, commonly referred to as Ancona, was an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Ancona, Marche. The club changed its name to U.S. Ancona 1905 from S.S. Piano San Lazzaro in 2010, due to the bankruptcy of t ...

. Marco is also a senator for the Green Party, elected in the 2006 election. He is now President of the ''UniVerde Foundation'' and teaches at both the

University of Milan Bicocca The University of Milano-Bicocca ( it, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, UNIMIB) is a public university located in Milan, Italy, providing undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education. Established in 1998, it was ranked by the ...

and the Tor Vergata University of Rome.

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