Nello Musumeci | |
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Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly for Catania |
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Assumed office 28 October 2012 |
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Member of the European Parliament for Italian Islands |
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In office 13 June 1994 – 4 June 2009 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Sebastiano Musemeci January 21, 1955 Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily, Italy |
Political party |
Italian Social Movement (1970–1995) National Alliance (1995–2005) Sicilian Alliance (2005–2007) The Right (2007–present) |
Profession | Journalist |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Sebastiano Musumeci (born 21 January 1955) is an Italian politician. He is the Member of the European Parliament for the Italian seat Islands, part of the Union for a Europe of Nations and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries and its Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.
Musumeci was born in Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily, and is the founder and the current leader of Sicilian Alliance, an autonomist party of Sicily, after having left National Alliance in 2005. He ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of the Sicilian Region in 2006 obtaining 5.3% of the votes, and again in 2012 when he came second with 25.7%.
Musumeci sits on the infamous 666 seat in Strasbourg. He is a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, substitute for the delegation to the EU-Turkey joint parliamentary committee.
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)