Domenico Comino

Domenico Comino is an Italian politician, who also served as state minister.

Career

Comino is one of the former leaders of Lega Nord.^[1] He served as state minister for the EU relations in the first cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi in 1994.^[2] Comino was one of the five Lega members in the cabinet.^[3] He and four other Lega ministers resigned from office in December 1994 in order to vote against Berlusconi in the censure motion.^[3]

Until 1999, he was the Lega Nord's president of the Piedmont region.^[4] In 1999, Comino was expelled from Lega Nord and joined an electoral alliance with Forza Italia.^[5]

References

1. Danièle Caramani; Yves Meny (2005). Challenges to Consensual Politics: Democracy, Identity, And Populist Protest in the Alpine Region. Peter Lang. p. 118. ISBN 978-90-5201-250-6. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
2. Markus Thiel (2009). The 'militant Democracy' Principle in Modern Democracies. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-4094-9679-3. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
3. "Berlusconi Likely to Resign Today". The Independent. Rome. Reuters/AFP. 22 December 1994. Retrieved 30 August 2013.  – via Questia (subscription required)
4. Giordano, Benito (2001). "The contrasting geographies of 'Padania': The case of Lega Nord in Northern Italy" (PDF). Area. 33 (1): 27–37. doi:10.1111/1475-4762.00005. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
5. Fabrizio Capogrosso (February 2009). To What Extent Does Europeanization Affect National Political Parties?. GRIN Verlag. p. 12. ISBN 978-3-640-26263-2. Retrieved 31 May 2013.