Paolo Cirino Pomicino

Paolo Cirino Pomicino (born 3 September 1939) is an Italian politician, who was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 2006 Italian general election representing the Christian Democracy for Autonomies.

Paolo Cirino Pomicino
Minister of the Budget
In office 22 July 1989 – 28 July 1992
Prime Minister	Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by	Amintore Fanfani
Succeeded by	Franco Reviglio
Minister of Public Function
In office 13 April 1988 – 22 July 1989
Prime Minister	Ciriaco De Mita
Preceded by	Giorgio Santuz
Succeeded by	Remo Gaspari
Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy
In office 13 June 2004 – 7 June 2009
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 5 July 1976 – 14 April 1994
In office 28 April 2006 – 28 April 2008
Personal details
Born	(1939-09-03) 3 September 1939 (age 85) Naples, Campania, Italy
Political party	Italy Is Popular (since 2019)
Other political affiliations	DC (1972–1994) PPI (1994-2001) DE (2001–2002) UDEUR (2004–2005) DCA (2005–2009) UdC (2009–2019)
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Spouse	Lucia Marotta (since 2014)
Alma mater	University of Naples
Profession	Politician, surgeon

Biography

Pomicino was born in Naples. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery and entered Christian Democracy for which he became first a member of Naples' city council, and then member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1976, a position he held until 1994.

A member of Giulio Andreotti's current, he was under minister of the Public Functions (1988-1989) and Minister of the Budget (1989-1992). He was nicknamed o' ministro ("The minister" in Neapolitan dialect).^[1] During his membership of DC, he has been convicted for illegal financing (sentenced to 1 year and 8 months) and he negotiated (thereby admitting guilt) 2 months for corruption and hidden funds. He was also involved in the scandal of the funds management for the reconstruction after the 1980 Irpinia earthquake.

Previously he was a Member of the European Parliament for the Southern region, elected on the UDEUR ticket. He sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and was a member of the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya). His attendance to the European Parliament plenary sessions, however, ranks among the lowest, with a mere 44 presences between 2004 and 2006.^[2]