Mario Catania

Mario Catania (born March, 5 1952) served as the Italian minister of agriculture under Prime Minister Mario Monti from November 2011 to April, 28 2013.

Mario Catania
Minister of Agriculture
In office
16 November 2011 – 28 April 2013
Prime MinisterMario Monti
Preceded byFrancesco Saverio Romano
Succeeded byNunzia De Girolamo
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 March 2013 – 22 March 2018
Personal details
Born (1952-03-05) 5 March 1952
Political partyUDC (2012–2013)
SC (2013–2016)
CD (since 2017)
Alma materSapienza University of Rome

Biography

Mario Catania was born on March, 5 1952 in Rome.[1]

He was the head of department of European and international policies at the agriculture ministry.[2] He was also part of the Italian Permanent Delegation to the EU in Brussels.[3] In November 2011, he was appointed agriculture minister.[3][4] He replaced Francesco Saverio Romano in the post.[5]

In 2012, Catania joined Union of the Centre (UdC) and was elected deputy, on With Monti for Italy coalition's lists. Catania's term as agriculture minister ended on April, 28 2013 and Nunzia De Girolamo succeeded him in the post.[6]

References
  1. Government biography Archived 26 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. OECD webpage Archived 20 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Francesca Giuliani (16 November 2011). "The Who's Who of the Monti Government". i-Italy. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  4. "Italy's new government has minister name mix-up". The Telegraph. 1 December 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  5. "New Agro Minister sworn in despite president's reservations". La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno. ANSA. 23 March 2011. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  6. "New Italian agriculture minister appointed". AGRA. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
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