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Mario Landolfi

Italian politician

Mario Landolfi


Minister of Communications
In office 23 April 2005 – 17 May 2006
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Maurizio Gasparri
Succeeded by	Paolo Gentiloni

Personal details
Born	Mario Landolfi (1959-06-06) 6 June 1959 (age 64) Mondragone, Italy
Political party	Alleanza Nazionale
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Mario Landolfi (born 6 June 1959) is an Italian politician, served as a member of the parliament and minister of communications.

Early life

Landolfi was born in Mondragone, the province of Caserta, on 6 June 1959.^[1]

Career

Landolfi was a council member of Mondragone beginning in 1983.^[1] He became a member of the Italian parliament in June 2001, being part of the National Alliance party.^[2] In addition, Landolfi served as the spokesman of the AN.^[3] He was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 2013.^[2] He served as the member of different parliamentary commissions.^[2] He was appointed Minister of communications to the cabinet led by prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in a reshuffle on 23 April 2005, replacing another AN deputy Maurizio Gasparri in the post.^[4]^[5] On 17 May 2006, Landolfi's term ended, and Paolo Gentiloni became the new minister of communications.^[6]

Landolfi was appointed president of the state television watchdog, Commissione vigilanza, after leaving office in 2006.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Biography of Speakers". International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ruffino, Elissa (30 September 2005). "Honorable Mario Landolfi to attend NIAF Gala". NIAF. Washington DC. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013.
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^ Grant Amyot; Luca Verzichelli (2006). The end of the Berlusconi era?. Berghahn Books. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-84545-266-7.
^ "Biography of Speakers". International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
^ Dines, Martin; Sergio Rigoletto (November 2012). "Country cousins: Europeanness, sexuality and locality in contemporary Italian television" (PDF). Modern Italy. 17 (4): 479–491. doi:10.1080/13532944.2012.706999.