Roberto Musacchio (born 3 September 1956 in

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, United States) is an Italian politician. He was a

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from 2004 to 2009 for the

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(''Partito della Rifondazione Comunista''; PRC). During his European Parliament term he sat on the

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, was a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South-East Europe, and a substitute member of the

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and the Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand. He has

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origins.

Career

He obtained a secondary school-leaving certificate in

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subjects (1975). A former member of the national executives of both the Proletarian Unity Party (''Partito di Unità Proletaria''; PdUP) and the

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(''Partito Comunista Italiano''; PCI) – where he was the national official responsible for the environment – he subsequently became a member of the national party executive of the PRC as well (as the national official responsible for the environment).

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