Guido Podestà (born 1 April 1947 in

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) is an Italian

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and

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for North-West with the Forza Italia, part of the

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and sits on the

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's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. He was elected president of the

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on 2009/06/22, replacing the centre-left candidate Filippo Penati, whom he beat in a runoff vote. He is a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Education

* Graduate in

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* Member of the Presidential Committee of Forza Italia (since 2002), national official responsible for 'European enlargement and relations with Eastern Europe'

Career

* since 1994:

* Vice-President of the

(1997–2004), with responsibility for relations between the European Parliament and the national parliaments of the 15 Member States, relations with the enlargement countries, Balkan non-candidate countries and the Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees of Parliaments of the European Union * Chairman of the EP Intergroup on senior citizens * President of the province of Milan

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* * 1947 births Living people Forza Italia MEPs MEPs for Italy 2004–2009 MEPs for Italy 1999–2004 Presidents of the Province of Milan {{Italy-MEP-stub

Education

Career

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