Raffaele Lombardo

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Raffaele Lombardo
President of Sicily
In office 28 April 2008 – 10 November 2012
Preceded by	Salvatore Cuffaro
Succeeded by	Rosario Crocetta
President of Province of Catania
In office 25 May 2003 – 12 February 2008
Preceded by	Nello Musumeci
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Castiglione
Member of the European Parliament for Italian Islands
In office 20 July 1999 – 28 April 2008
Personal details
Born	(1950-10-29) 29 October 1950 (age 70) Catania, Italy
Political party	MPA (2005–present)
Other political affiliations	DC (1972–1994) CDC (1994–2002) UDC (2002–2005)
Residence	Catania, Sicily, Italy
Profession	Doctor

Raffaele Lombardo Italian pronunciation: [raffaˈɛːle lomˈbardo]; (born 29 October 1950, in Catania) is a convicted criminal, formerly an Italian politician who was President of Sicily and former Member of the European Parliament for Islands with the Movement for the Autonomies and has sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

In 2005 he split off from the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC) to form the autonomist Sicilian-based Movement for Autonomy, after he had accused the UDC leadership of being too centralist. On 2008 he was elected as President of Sicily, obtaining over 65% of the regional votes and defeating Anna Finocchiaro of the Democratic Party. On 31 July 2012 he resigned from the presidency because he was under investigation for external contribution with mafia and pork-barrelling, as it appears that he had relationships with some figure of Cosa Nostra. Nevertheless, in the following elections he managed to have his 23 years old son Toti elected in the Sicilian Regional Assembly. On 19 February 2014, he was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison for Mafia association.^[1]

Education[]

• 1968: Secondary school-leaving certificate in classical subjects
• Graduate in medicine and surgery
• Specialisation in forensic psychiatry
• Private practice
• 1977: Provincial Secretary of the Catania Youth DC
• Regional Secretary of the Centre Democrats (CCD) for Sicily
• Member of Catania Municipal Council for eight years
• Several terms as Catania Municipal Councillor with responsibility for budget, planning, health, cultural heritage, youth issues, taxation

Career[]

• 1986-1994: Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly with Christian Democracy
• 1991-1992: Assessor for Local Authorities of the Sicilian Regional Executive (resigned for enquiries)
• 1999-2008: Member of the European Parliament with CCD
• 2003-2008: President of the Province of Catania with UDC
• 2008-2012: President of Sicily with MPA

References[]

External links[]

• Raffaele Lombardo's official website
• European Parliament biography of Raffaele Lombardo
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Italian)

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