Silvia Costa (politician) explained

Silvia Costa
Birth Date:12 June 1949
Birth Place:Florence, Italy
Profession:journalist
Office:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start:14 July 2009
Term End:2019
Office2:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start2:19 June 1985
Term End2:14 April 1994
Nationality:Italian

Silvia Costa (born 12 June 1949) is an Italian journalist and politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019.

Early life and career

Costa was born in Florence and received a degree in modern literature from the Sapienza University of Rome. She worked as a journalist for newspapers, magazines and television (RAI). Costa was editor of the daily Il Popolo from 1978 to 1985.[1]

Political career

Costa was a councillor for the city of Rome from 1976 to 1985.[2]

Costa sat in the Italian Chamber of Deputies as a member of the Christian Democracy party from 1983 to 1994.[3] From 1995 to 2005, she was a member of the National Council for Economics and Labour.[2]

Costa was elected to the European Parliament in 2009 for the Democratic Party and was reelected in 2014. During her time in parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Culture and Education and served as its chair from 2014 to 2017. She served as vice-chair of the Delegation for relations with Iraq from 2009 to 2014. She was a member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality from 2009 to 2012.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sillvia Costa . State of the Union . European University Institute . 2018-07-23 . 2018-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180723182447/https://stateoftheunion.eui.eu/2017/speakers/silvia-costa/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Silvia Costa . Athenaeum NAE . it . 16 October 2020.
  3. Web site: Silvia Costa . Camera dei deputati . it . 16 October 2020.
  4. Web site: Silvia Costa History of parliamentary service . European Parliament MEPs . 2018-07-23 . 2018-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180723183701/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96917/SILVIA_COSTA_history.html . dead .