Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio

Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio (born 13 March 1959) is an Italian politician, lawyer, and journalist who was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1992 to 2008. He also served as Minister of Agriculture in the second government of Giuliano Amato from 2001 to 2001 and as Minister of the Environment in the second government of Romano Prodi from 2006 to 2008.

Political career Pecoraro Scanio was born on 13 March 1959 in Salerno. In the 1992 Italian general election, he was elected to the Italian Parliament as member of the Chamber of Deputies. He was the leader of the Federation of the Greens (FdV), one of the parties making up the ruling coalition in the new Italian government. He served as Minister for Agriculture from 2000 to 2001 in the second Amato government. He was one of the candidates as leader of The Union for the primary election held on 16 October 2005, finishing in fifth place with 2.2% of national votes. He remained a member of the Chamber of Deputies until the 2008 Italian general election lost by the centre-left coalition. During his political career, Pecoraro Scanio has been accused of populistic and opportunistic behaviour for his position on the major waste disposal problem in Naples, which is part of his electoral region in Campania.

Personal life Pecoraro Scanio is openly bisexual. He has a younger brother, Marco Pecoraro Scanio, who is a former Serie A footballer with such clubs as Inter Milan, Salernitana, and Ancona. Pecorario Scanio's brother also joined the Italian Parliament as a member of the Senate of the Republic for the FdV when he was elected in the 2006 Italian election won for The Union. Pecoraro Scanio is president of the UniVerde Foundation and teaches at both the University of Milan Bicocca and the Tor Vergata University of Rome.

Electoral history

ElectionHouseConstituencyPartyVotesResult 1985 Regional Council of Campania Salerno LV 1,169 Not elected 1990 Regional Council of Campania Naples FdV 8,901 Elected 1992 Chamber of Deputies Naples–Caserta FdV 3,788 Elected 1994 Chamber of Deputies Naples – Arenella FdV 34,961 Elected 1996 Chamber of Deputies Naples – Arenella FdV 41,470 Elected 2001 Chamber of Deputies Naples – Arenella FdV 32,014 Elected 2006 Chamber of Deputies Campania 1 FdV – Elected 2008 Chamber of Deputies Apulia SA – Not elected