Claudio Scajola
| Claudio Scajola | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Economic Development | |
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In office 8 May 2008 – 4 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Pier Luigi Bersani |
| Succeeded by | Paolo Romani |
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In office 23 April 2005 – 17 May 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Antonio Marzano |
| Succeeded by | Pier Luigi Bersani |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 11 June 2001 – 3 July 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Enzo Bianco |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Pisanu |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 January 1948 Imperia |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Forza Italia (2013-present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Christian Democracy (1970s-1994) Forza Italia (1994-2009) The People of Freedom (2009-2013) |
| Alma mater | University of Genoa |
Claudio Scajola (Italian pronunciation: [ˈklaudjo skaˈjɔːla]; born 15 January 1948 in Imperia) is an Italian politician.
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). He also led a faction named after him, the Scajoliani.
He was minister of interior from 2001 to 2002 and later minister of productive activities in the third cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi. In this capacity, Scajola was a strong advocate for the Italian re-entry into commercial use of nuclear power for the generation of electricity.
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. This scandal was exposed in 2008 by the RAI television program AnnoZero.
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. In May 2010, Scajola resigned from office.
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