Paolo Costa

Infobox Prime Minister
name = Paolo Costa MEP


order = Member of the European Parliament
constituency = North-East
term_start = June 14 2004
term_end =
order3 = Mayor of Venice
term_start3 = 2000
term_end3 = 2005
predecessor3 = Massimo Cacciari
successor3 = Massimo Cacciari
order2 = Italian Minister of Public Works
term_start2 = November 20, 1996
term_end2 = October 21, 1998
primeminister2 = Romano Prodi
predecessor2 = Antonio Di Pietro
successor2 = Enrico Micheli
birth_date = birth date and age|1943|23|6
birth_place = Venice, Italy
nationality = Italian
religion = Roman Catholic
alma_mater = Ca' Foscari University of Venice
profession = Economist
University professor
party = Partito Democratico
spouse =
children = | Paolo Costa (born July 23, 1943 in Venice) is an Italian Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the Olive Tree ticket and sits with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group. On July 23, 2004 he was elected Chair of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism.

Before entering politics he held numerous posts in Planning and Economics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, University of Reading, U.K., and New York University . He served as Pro-Rector of Ca' Foscari University in Venice (1992-1996). He was a member of Venice City Council (1997-2000) and Mayor of Venice (2000-2005). He was Chairman of the Council of AISRE (Italian Association of Regional Science) (1982-1984); member of the Scientific Committee for the Italian General Transport Plan (1985-1987), and Italian Minister for Public Works (1996-1998). He received the honour of Knight of the Grand Cross, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1988

External links

* [http://www.paolocostaonline.it/ Official site]
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?id=4747&language=EN/ Paolo Costa's official information page at the European Parliament site]