Giusto Catania
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Giusto Catania is an Italian
politician
and former Member of the European Parliament
for North-West with the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (PRC), part of the European Left and sat on the European Parliament
's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
.
He was a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development
, a member of the Delegation for relations with Iran
, and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb
countries and the Arab Maghreb Union
(including Libya
).
in 1996, he failed to be qualified to teach literature in 2001. Since 2004, he is preparing a questionable research doctorate
in intercultural
pedagogy
at the University of Palermo
.
In 1994-1996, he was responsible for the Federazione Giovanile Comunisti Italiani (the youth wing
of the PRC) in Sicily
, and member of the Sicilian Regional Secretariat; in 1996-2001, he was Provincial Secretary of the PRC Federation of Palermo. Since 2001, he is Regional Secretary of the PRC in Sicily.
In 1997-2000, he was Municipal Councillor
and PRC group leader
in the municipality of Palermo; in 2000, he was elected a member of Executive with responsibility for culture in the city of Palermo.
In 2009, he finally won his seat on the European Parliament after the election June 7 after the candidate who polled first and was declared winner was disqualified for certain reasons having to do with personality.
Politics of Italy
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politician
Politician
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and former Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
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for North-West with the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (PRC), part of the European Left and sat on the European Parliament
European Parliament
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's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
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.
He was a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development
Committee on Regional Development
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, a member of the Delegation for relations with Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb
Maghreb
The Maghreb is the region of Northwest Africa, west of Egypt. It includes five countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara...
countries and the Arab Maghreb Union
Arab Maghreb Union
The Arab Maghreb Union is a trade agreement aiming for economic and some sort of future political unity in North Africa between the countries Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania...
(including Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
).
Career
A graduate in modern literatureHistory of modern literature
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in 1996, he failed to be qualified to teach literature in 2001. Since 2004, he is preparing a questionable research doctorate
Doctorate
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in intercultural
Cross-cultural communication
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pedagogy
Pedagogy
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at the University of Palermo
University of Palermo
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.
In 1994-1996, he was responsible for the Federazione Giovanile Comunisti Italiani (the youth wing
Youth wing
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of the PRC) in Sicily
Sicily
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, and member of the Sicilian Regional Secretariat; in 1996-2001, he was Provincial Secretary of the PRC Federation of Palermo. Since 2001, he is Regional Secretary of the PRC in Sicily.
In 1997-2000, he was Municipal Councillor
Comune
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and PRC group leader
Leadership
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in the municipality of Palermo; in 2000, he was elected a member of Executive with responsibility for culture in the city of Palermo.
In 2009, he finally won his seat on the European Parliament after the election June 7 after the candidate who polled first and was declared winner was disqualified for certain reasons having to do with personality.