Nello Musumeci

Sebastiano "Nello" Musumeci (born 21 January 1955) is a right-wing Italian politician. Musumeci is serving as Minister for Civil Protection and Maritime Policies since 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni. He previously served as president of Sicily from 18 November 2017 until 13 October 2022.

Musumeci was a Member of the European Parliament for the Italian seat Islands, where he was a member of the Union for a Europe of Nations parliamentary group. He sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries and its Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Biography

Musumeci was born in Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily. At the age of fifteen, Musumeci became a member of Giovane Italia, the youth organization of "Italian Social Movement", a neo-fascist and post-fascist political party in Italy. After completing his studies in communication sciences, Musumeci began working as a banker at the UniCredit group a global banking and financial services company.

Following his stint as a banker, he began his career as a journalist. In the 1980s, Musumeci also taught at the Istituto Supreriore di Giornalismo in Catania. Later, Musumeci became one of the founders of the Istituto Siciliano di Studi Politici ed Economici (ISSPE).

At the age of twenty, he served as a municipal councilor in his hometown of Militello in Val di Catania. Soon, he became Deputy Mayor of Gravina di Catania and Castel de Judica.

In 1990, he was elected Provincial Councilor of Catania and in 1994, as a member of the MSI and not yet forty, he became President of the province of Catania. In 1995, Musumeci joined the National Alliance Party and represented the region as a Member of the European Parliament in Brussels.