Carlo Ripa di Meana
| Carlo Ripa di Meana | |
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| Minister of the Environment | |
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In office 28 June 1992 – 9 March 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | Giuliano Amato |
| Preceded by | Giorgio Ruffolo |
| Succeeded by | Valdo Spini |
| European Commissioner for the Environment | |
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In office 1983–1993 |
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| President | Jacques Delors |
| Preceded by | Stanley Clinton Davis |
| Succeeded by | Ioannis Paleokrassas |
| European Commissioner for the Institutional Reforms, Information Policy, Culture and Tourism | |
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In office 1985–1999 |
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| President | Jacques Delors |
| Preceded by |
Lorenzo Natali (Information) Giorgios Contogeorgis (Tourism) |
| Succeeded by | Jean Dondelinger |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 August 1929 Pietrasanta |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party |
PCI (1948-1958) PSI (1958-1992) Greens (1993-2001) |
Carlo Ripa di Meana (born Pietrasanta, 15 August 1929) is an Italian politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament, a European Commissioner with portfolio for the environment and was environment minister of Italy. He was the leader of the Italian Greens and president of the organization Italia Nostra.
Carlo Ripa di Meana was born on 15 August 1929 in Pietrasanta, Tuscany. His father was the marquis Giulio Ripa di Meana, High official of the grenadiers, while his mother was Fulvia Schanzer, daughter of the senator and minister Carlo Schanzer. In 1982 married Marina Punturieri, already wife of Alessandro Lante della Rovere.
In the period 1953-56 directed in Prague, On behalf of the PCI, the International Student Union's newspaper, the World Student News. In Prague healso met Bettino Craxi. In 1957 he made the bookseller for Feltrinelli. In the 60s Ripa di Meana joined the Italian Socialist Party and he came in its Central Committee. In 1970 regional election he was elected in the Regional Council of Lombardy, while in the 1979 European Parliament election he was elected MEP.
From 1974 to 1979 Ripa di Meana was also president of the Venice Biennale. From 1985 to 1992 he served as European Commissioner for the Environment and for the Culture in the first and second Delors Commission, while in 1993 he became Minister of the Environment in the Amato I Cabinet.
From 1993 to 1996 Ripa di Meana was the Spokesperson of the Federation of the Greens, in the 1994 European Parliament election he was again elected MEP, while in 2000 regional election he was elected in the Umbrian Regional Council.
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