Domenico Comino

Domenico Comino
Domenico Comino
	Comino in 1994.
Minister for the Coordination of European Union Policies
	In office; 10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Livio Paladin
Succeeded by	Enrico Letta
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 23 April 1992 – 29 May 2001
Personal details
Born	27 September 1955; Morozzo, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Northern League (1989-1999)
Alma mater	University of Turin
Occupation	Politician, agronomist

Domenico Comino (born 27 September 1955) is an Italian politician, who also served as state minister.

Career

Comino is one of the former leaders of Lega Nord.[1] He served as state minister for the EU relations in the first cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi in 1994.[2] Comino was one of the five Lega members in the cabinet.[3] He and four other Lega ministers resigned from office in December 1994 in order to vote against Berlusconi in the censure motion.[3]

Until 1999, he was the Lega Nord's president of the Piedmont region.[4] In 1999, Comino was expelled from Lega Nord and joined an electoral alliance with Forza Italia.[5]

References

Danièle Caramani; Yves Meny (2005). Challenges to Consensual Politics: Democracy, Identity, And Populist Protest in the Alpine Region. Peter Lang. p. 118. ISBN 978-90-5201-250-6. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
Markus Thiel (2009). The 'militant Democracy' Principle in Modern Democracies. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-4094-9679-3. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
"Berlusconi Likely to Resign Today". The Independent. Rome. Reuters/AFP. 22 December 1994. Retrieved 30 August 2013. – via Questia (subscription required)
Giordano, Benito (2001). "The contrasting geographies of 'Padania': The case of Lega Nord in Northern Italy" (PDF). Area. 33 (1): 27–37. doi:10.1111/1475-4762.00005. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
Fabrizio Capogrosso (February 2009). To What Extent Does Europeanization Affect National Political Parties?. GRIN Verlag. p. 12. ISBN 978-3-640-26263-2. Retrieved 31 May 2013.

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[1] Danièle Caramani; Yves Meny (2005). Challenges to Consensual Politics: Democracy, Identity, And Populist Protest in the Alpine Region. Peter Lang. p. 118. ISBN 978-90-5201-250-6. Retrieved 31 May 2013.

[2] Markus Thiel (2009). The 'militant Democracy' Principle in Modern Democracies. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-4094-9679-3. Retrieved 31 May 2013.

[irafp-3] "Berlusconi Likely to Resign Today". The Independent. Rome. Reuters/AFP. 22 December 1994. Retrieved 30 August 2013. – via Questia (subscription required)

[4] Giordano, Benito (2001). "The contrasting geographies of 'Padania': The case of Lega Nord in Northern Italy" (PDF). Area. 33 (1): 27–37. doi:10.1111/1475-4762.00005. Retrieved 31 May 2013.

[5] Fabrizio Capogrosso (February 2009). To What Extent Does Europeanization Affect National Political Parties?. GRIN Verlag. p. 12. ISBN 978-3-640-26263-2. Retrieved 31 May 2013.