Girolamo Sirchia is an Italian physician and politician.

Sirchia was born in Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

. He is married and has two daughters. He obtained a medical degree at University of Milan

University of Milan

The University of Milan is a higher education institution in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Europe, with about 62,801 students, a teaching and research staff of 2,455 and a non-teaching staff of 2,200....

, specializing in Internal Medicine and Immuno-hematology.

He was Italian Minister of Health

Italian Minister of Health

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 from June 2001 to April 2005 and he is known first for a smoking ban

Smoking ban

Smoking bans are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, which prohibit tobacco smoking in workplaces and/or other public spaces...

 (Sirchia law) in all indoor public places.

Sources

• Corriere della Sera
  Corriere della Sera
  The Corriere della Sera is an Italian daily newspaper, published in Milan.It is among the oldest and most reputable Italian newspapers. Its main rivals are Rome's La Repubblica and Turin's La Stampa.- History :...
  
  . "A sei anni dalla legge Sirchia: Meno "bionde", ma fumatori stabili", 7 January 2011
• La Repubblica
  La Repubblica
  la Repubblica is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. Founded in 1976 in Rome by the journalist Eugenio Scalfari, as of 2008 is the second largest circulation newspaper, behind the Corriere della Sera.-Foundation:...
  
  . "Ministro della Sanità Girolamo Sirchia". 10 June 2001

External links

• Official website