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By Alvise Armellini   -  21.01.2010 / 04:50 CET
The chairman of the agriculture committee in the European Parliament had set his sights higher.

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Curriculum Vitae

1958: Born, San Pietro Vernotico
1982: Associate researcher in economics and agronomy, Bologna University
1996: Economic adviser to Italian prime minister and agriculture minister
1998-2000: Agriculture minister
2000-01: Special adviser to European Commission president Romano Prodi
2001-04: President of Nomisma think-tank
2006-08: Agriculture minister
2008-09: Vice-president of agriculture committe in the Senate, Rome
2009-: Chair of the European Parliament's agriculture committee

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