Paolo De Castro

Paolo De Castro
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
14 July 2009
ConstituencySouthern Italy (2009–2014)
North-East Italy (since 2014)
Minister of Agriculture
In office
17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008
Prime MinisterRomano Prodi
Preceded byGianni Alemanno
Succeeded byLuca Zaia
In office
21 October 1998 – 25 April 2000
Prime MinisterMassimo D'Alema
Preceded byMichele Pinto
Succeeded byAlfonso Pecoraro Scanio
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
28 April 2008 – 14 July 2009
ConstituencyApulia
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
28 April 2006 – 28 April 2008
ConstituencyApulia
Personal details
Born (1958-02-02) 2 February 1958 (age 66)
San Pietro Vernotico, Italy
Political partyPD (since 2007)
Other political
affiliations
Dem (1998–2002)
The Daisy (2002–2007)
Alma materUniversity of Bologna
ProfessionUniversity professor

Paolo De Castro (born 2 February 1958) is an Italian politician. He was Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies in the D'Alema I, D'Alema II and Prodi II cabinets.

In 2009 he was elected to the European Parliament, and served as chair of the parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development from 2009 to 2014. He has also served as professor of Agricultural Economics at the Veterinary Medicine University of Bologna. He is married and has two sons.


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