Stefano Zappalà

Stefano Zappalà (6 February 1941 in Aci Bonaccorsi – 15 April 2018 in Latina)^[1] was an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Central with the Forza Italia, part of the European People's Party and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Zappalà (left) in 2009

He was a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a member of the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia.

Education

• 1959: Secondary school-leaving certificate in classical subjects

Career

• 1960–1962: Military Academy of Modena
• 1962–1964: Artillery College (Turin)
• 1971–1973: higher technical course (Rome)
• 1964: graduate in strategic sciences
• 1973: degree in mathematics
• 1976: degree in civil engineering
• until 1979: Officer in the Italian army
• 1980–1994: self-employed engineer and businessman
• since 1994: Deputy coordinator for Forza Italia, Lazio
• 1997–2002: Member of Latina City Council
• 1995–2000: Member of Lazio Regional Council
• 2002–2005: Mayor of Pomezia, Rome
• since 1999: Member of the European Parliament

See also

• 2004 European Parliament election in Italy