Stefania Prestigiacomo
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Stefania Prestigiacomo (born December 16, 1966) is the Italian
Minister of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea
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. In 1990, she became the president of the Young Entrepreneurs Group of Syracuse, Sicily.
In 1994 she joined the House of Representatives as member of the Forza Italia
party. She was reelected in 1996 and 2001.
In 2004, she was appointed as Minister for Equal Opportunities by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
. She was reappointed in that capacity in 2006. In 2008, she became Minister for Environment, Land and Sea.
Stefania Prestigiacomo has expressed support for the constrution of new nuclear plants in Italy, a country with very limited reserves of fossil fuel and that currently imports (nuclear) electricty from France due to insufficient domestic capacity. She also authorized the drilling of off-shore oil wells in the Adriatic Sea in the proximity of Tremiti Islands, a natural maritime park.
She is President of the Inter-ministerial Coordination Committee for the fight against Paedophilia (CICLOPE). She is a Catholic
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Italy
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Minister of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea
Ministry of the Environment (Italy)
The Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea of Italy also known as MATTM, is an Italian ministry established in 1981. The ministry is responsible for environmental issues in Italy...
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Biography
Stefania Prestigiacomo is a graduate in Public AdministrationPublic administration
Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
. In 1990, she became the president of the Young Entrepreneurs Group of Syracuse, Sicily.
In 1994 she joined the House of Representatives as member of the Forza Italia
Forza Italia
Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....
party. She was reelected in 1996 and 2001.
In 2004, she was appointed as Minister for Equal Opportunities by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...
. She was reappointed in that capacity in 2006. In 2008, she became Minister for Environment, Land and Sea.
Stefania Prestigiacomo has expressed support for the constrution of new nuclear plants in Italy, a country with very limited reserves of fossil fuel and that currently imports (nuclear) electricty from France due to insufficient domestic capacity. She also authorized the drilling of off-shore oil wells in the Adriatic Sea in the proximity of Tremiti Islands, a natural maritime park.
She is President of the Inter-ministerial Coordination Committee for the fight against Paedophilia (CICLOPE). She is a Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
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