Raffaele Costa

Raffaele Costa
President of the province of Cuneo
In office
13 June 2004 – 9 June 2009
Preceded byGiovanni Quaglia
Succeeded byGianna Gancia
Member of the European Parliament
In office
13 June 1999 – 13 June 2004
Minister of Health
In office
21 February 1993 – 23 April 1993
Prime MinisterGiuliano Amato
Preceded byFrancesco De Lorenzo
Succeeded byMaria Pia Garavaglia
In office
10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byMaria Pia Garavaglia
Succeeded byElio Guzzanti
Secretary of the Italian Liberal Party
In office
27 May 1993 – 6 February 1994
Preceded byRenato Altissimo
Succeeded byNone
Minister of Transport and Navigation
In office
28 April 1993 – 10 May 1994
Prime MinisterGiuliano Amato
Preceded byGiancarlo Tesini
Succeeded byPublio Fiori
Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies and Regional Affairs
In office
28 June 1992 – 21 February 1993
Prime MinisterGiuliano Amato
Preceded byPier Luigi Romita (Coordination of Community Policies)
Mino Martinazzoli (Regional Affairs)
Succeeded byGianfranco Ciaurro
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
5 July 1976 – 27 April 2006
ConstituencyPiedmont 2 – Fossano
Personal details
Born (1936-09-08) 8 September 1936
Mondovì, Italy
PartyPLI (1976–1994)
UdC (1993–1998)
Forza Italia (1998–2009)
PdL (2009–2010)
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Raffaele Costa (born 8 September 1936) is an Italian politician who was a deputy for decades and a minister and undersecrtary in various givernments. He was the president of the province of Cuneo from June 2004 to June 2009. Previously, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies representing the Italian Liberal Party and later Forza Italia between 1976 and 2003, and was also Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies and Regional Affairs from 1992 to 1993, Minister of Transport and Navigation from 1993 to 1994, Minister of Health between 1993 and 1995, and a member of the European Parliament (MEP) of the European People's Party from 1999 until June 2004. He was a author and publisher, and his son also became a prominent politician.