Carlo Ripa di Meana
Carlo Ripa di Meana (15 August 1929 – 2 March 2018) was 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.
Carlo Ripa di Meana | |
|---|---|
| Minister of the Environment | |
| In office 28 June 1992 – 9 March 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Giuliano Amato |
| Preceded by | Giorgio Ruffolo |
| Succeeded by | Valdo Spini |
| European Commissioner for the Environment | |
| In office 1983–1993 | |
| President | Jacques Delors |
| Preceded by | Stanley Clinton Davis |
| Succeeded by | Ioannis Paleokrassas |
| European Commissioner for the Institutional Reforms, Information Policy, Culture and Tourism | |
| In office 1985–1999 | |
| President | Jacques Delors |
| Preceded by | Lorenzo Natali (Information) Giorgios Contogeorgis (Tourism) |
| Succeeded by | Jean Dondelinger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 August 1929 Pietrasanta, Italy |
| Died | 2 March 2018 (aged 88) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | PCI (1948-1958) PSI (1958-1992) Greens (1993-2001) |
| Spouse(s) | Marina Ripa Di Meana (m. 1982; her death 2018) |
Ripa di Meana was the leader of the Italian Greens and president of the organization Italia Nostra.
From 1982 until her death in 2018, Ripa di Meana was married to actress and socialite Marina Ripa Di Meana.
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.
Ripa di Meana died in Rome on 2 March 2018 of skin cancer at the age of 88.[1]
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