Nello Musumeci

Nello Musumeci


Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly for Catania
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 October 2012
Member of the European Parliament for Italian Islands
In office 13 June 1994 – 4 June 2009
Personal details
Born	Sebastiano Musemeci (1955-01-21) January 21, 1955 Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily, Italy
Political party	Italian Social Movement (1970–1995) National Alliance (1995–2005) Sicilian Alliance (2005–2007) The Right (2007–present)
Profession	Journalist
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Sebastiano Musumeci (born 21 January 1955) is an Italian politician. He is the Member of the European Parliament for the Italian seat Islands, part of the Union for a Europe of Nations and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries and its Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Musumeci was born in Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily, and is the founder and the current leader of Sicilian Alliance, an autonomist party of Sicily, after having left National Alliance in 2005. He ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of the Sicilian Region in 2006 obtaining 5.3% of the votes, and again in 2012 when he came second with 25.7%.^[1]

Musumeci sits on the infamous 666 seat in Strasbourg.^[2] He is a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, substitute for the delegation to the EU-Turkey joint parliamentary committee.

Education

1994-2003: chairman of Catania Provincial Council
since 1994: Member of the European Parliament
2006: ran unsuccessfully as President of Sicily
Substitute vice-chairman of Aiccre (Italian Association of European Municipalities and Regions)

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