Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Name Claudio Scajola Succeeded by Silvio Berlusconi Alma mater University of Genoa Political party Forza Italia | Nationality Italian Education University of Genoa Preceded by Pier Luigi Bersani Role Italian Politician Siblings Alessandro Scajola | |
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Born 15 January 1948 (age 76)
Imperia ( 1948-01-15 ) Other political
affiliations Christian Democracy (1970s-1994)
Forza Italia (1994-2009)
The People of Freedom (2009-2013) | ||
Interview with claudio scajola minister of economic development italy
Claudio Scajola ([ˈklaudjo skaˈjɔːla]; born 15 January 1948 in Imperia) is an Italian politician.
Contents
- Interview with claudio scajola minister of economic development italy
- World business claudio scajola interview 18 12 09
- Career
- Arrest
- Notable statements
- References
World business claudio scajola interview 18 12 09
Career
A long-time Christian Democrat, he was mayor of Imperia in the eighties, as his father and his brother had been. When Christian Democracy disbanded, he joined Forza Italia in 1995. He was then elected deputy in 1996 and was national coordinator of the party from 1996 to 2001 (and again in 2003). He also led a faction named after him, the Scajoliani.
He was minister of interior from 2001 to 2002 and later minister of productive activities in the third cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi. In this capacity, Scajola was a strong advocate for the Italian re-entry into commercial use of nuclear power for the generation of electricity.
He has been nicknamed SkyOla because allegedly has been using Alitalia airplanes for private use. An unnecessary air route has been created from Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport to Villanova d'Albenga International Airport which he uses regularly for traveling from and to his parliamentary job, rarely it is used by other passengers. This scandal was exposed in 2008 by the RAI television program AnnoZero.
In April 2010 Italian newspapers wrote that Scajola, in July 2004, reportedly used €1,100,000 in slush funds to buy a flat in Rome near the Colosseum At least €900,000 of those funds where reportedly traced as coming from Diego Anemone, a real estate developer under accusation of public servants bribing. In May 2010, Scajola resigned from office.
Arrest
On 8 May 2014, Scajola was arrested for aiding the escape of Amedeo Matacena, an ex member of parliament accused of criminal involvement with the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta, and remains in police custody.
Notable statements
In June 2002 Scajola is in Cyprus talking to journalists and say: "Marco Biagi was only a jerk, only thinking about the renewal of his contract". Marco Biagi was killed by terrorists in March 2002 and Scajola was home minister. Scajola had to resign because of this sentence on 4 July 2002. Despite this, Berlusconi continued to consider him as one of the good ones.