- Claudio Scajola
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Claudio Scajola Minister of Productive Activities In office
8 May 2008 – 4 May 2010Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Preceded by Pier Luigi Bersani Succeeded by Silvio Berlusconi (ad interim) Personal details Born 15 January 1948
ImperiaNationality Italian Political party The People of Freedom Alma mater University of Genoa Claudio Scajola (born 15 January 1948 in Imperia) is an Italian politician.
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Career
A long-time Christian Democrat, he was mayor of Imperia in the Eighties, as his father and his brother had been. When Christian Democracy disbanded, he joined Forza Italia in 1995. He was then elected deputy in 1996 and was national coordinator of the party from 1996 to 2001 (and again in 2003). Minister Scajola has been a strong advocate for the Italian re-entry into commercial use of Nuclear power for the generation of electricity.
He was Minister of the Interior from 2001 to 2002 and later Minister of Productive Activities, under Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. In 2006 he was elected President of committee for control on Secret Service of Italian Parliament.
He has been nicknamed SkyOla because allegedly has been using Alitalia airplanes for private use. An unnecessary air route has been created from Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport to Villanova d'Albenga International Airport which he uses regularly for traveling from and to his parliamentary job, rarely it is used by other passengers.[1] This scandal was exposed in 2008 by the RAI television program AnnoZero.
After the elections of 2008, Scajola was the minister of economic development.
In April 2010 Italian newspapers wrote that Scajola, in July 2004, reportedly used €1,100,000 in slush funds to buy a flat in Rome near the Colosseum At least €900,000 of those funds where reportedly traced as coming from Diego Anemone, a real estate developer under accusation of public servants bribing.[2][3] In May 2010, Scajola resigned from his position as minister.
References
- ^ Sergio Rizzo, Le doppie dimissioni del ministro di sangue dc, "Corriere della sera", 2010-05-10.
- ^ "Scajola, le carte che accusano", La Repubblica, April 30, 2010
- ^ "Scajola, le nuove accuse", Corriere della Sera, April 30, 2010
Notable statements
On June 2002 Scajola is in Cyprus talking to journalists and say: "Marco Biagi was only a jerk, only thinking about the renewal of his contract". Marco Biagi was killed by terrorists on March 2002 and Scajola was home minister. Scajola had to resign because of this sentence on 4 July 2002. Despite this, Berlusconi continued to consider him as one of the good ones.
External links
- Official Site (in Italian)
- Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): XIII, XIV, XV legislature
Italian Chamber of Deputies Preceded by
Title jointly heldDeputy
since 1996
Legislatures: XIII, XIV, XV, XVIIncumbent Political offices Preceded by
Enzo BiancoMinister of the Interior
2001–2002Succeeded by
Giuseppe PisanuPreceded by
Giuseppe PisanuMinister of Platform Accomplishment
2003–2005Succeeded by
Stefano CaldoroPreceded by
Antonio MarzanoMinister of Productive Activities
2005–2006Succeeded by
Pierluigi Bersani
as Minister of Economic DevelopmentPreceded by
Enzo BiancoPresident of COPACO
2006–2008Succeeded by
Francesco RutelliPreceded by
Pierluigi Bersani
as Minister of Economic DevelopmentMinister of Productive Activities
2008-2010Party political offices Preceded by
Cesare PrevitiNational Coordinator of Forza Italia
1996–2001Succeeded by
Roberto AntonionePreceded by
Roberto AntonioneNational Coordinator of Forza Italia
2003Succeeded by
Sandro BondiNew title President of the President's Committee of Forza Italia
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- People from Imperia
- Forza Italia politicians
- Italian Ministers of the Interior
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