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Guido Podestà
Guido Podestà
is an Italian
politician
and
Member of the European Parliament
for
North-West
with the
Forza Italia
, part of the
European People's Party
and sits on the
European Parliament's
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
. He was elected president of the
province of Milan
on 2009/06/22, replacing the centre-left candidate
Filippo Penati
, whom he
beat in
a
runoff vote
.
He is a substitute for the
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
and the
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
.
Education
Graduate
in
architecture
Member of the Presidential Committee of Forza Italia, national official responsible for 'European enlargement and relations with Eastern Europe'
Career
since 1994: Member of the
European Parliament
Vice-President of the European Parliament
, with responsibility for relations between the European Parliament and
the national
parliaments of
the 15
Member States
, relations with the enlargement countries, Balkan non-candidate countries and the
Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees of Parliaments of the European Union
Chairman of the EP Intergroup on
senior citizens
President of the province of
Milan
See also:
2004 European Parliament election
in Italy