Mario Capanna

Mario Capanna studied at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and University of Milan. The recorded working language is Italian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Strasbourg, Brussels and Rome. Residence is recorded at Città di Castello. Positions recorded include member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic and Member of the European Parliament.

• Name — Mario Capanna • Office — Member of the Chamber of Deputies • Term Start — 12 July 1983 • Term End — 22 April 1992 • Constituency — Naples (1983–1987) Palermo (1987–1992) • Office1 — Member of the European Parliament • Term Start1 — 17 July 1979 • Term End1 — 23 July 1984 • Constituency1 — North-West Italy • Born — 10 January 1945 • Birthplace — Città di Castello, Italy • Occupation — Politician, writer • Party — DP (1978–1989) VA (1989–90) FdV (1990–92) • Spouse — Patrizia Arnaboldi (m. 1987; died 2025) • Education — University of Milan

• Illustration — Mario Capanna as student leader (1968) Born in Città di Castello, he studied philosophy at the Catholic University of Milan, and was the leader of the Italian students' movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1969 he was attacked by exponents of the neo-Fascist Italian Social Movement. In 1975 he entered politics, adhering to the Proletarian Unity Party (PdUP), which later merged with Proletarian Democracy (DP). Capanna was charismatic leader of the latter until 27 June 1987, when he resigned, succeeded by Giovanni Russo Spena. Capanna was elected for the DP to the Italian Chamber of Deputies (1983–1987), and to the European Parliament (1979). In 1989 he broke away from the Proletarian Democracy to form the Rainbow Greens party. Capanna is currently President of the Committee for Genetical Rights, an independent association devoted to information on Biotechnology. Capanna is a supporter of the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, an organisation which advocates for democratic reformation of the United Nations.

• Formidabili quegli anni (1988) • Arafat (1989) • Speranze (1994) • Il fiume della prepotenza (1996) • Lettera a mio figlio sul '68 (1998) • L'Italia viva (2000) • Verrò da te (2003)

Recorded positions include member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic, Member of the European Parliament and substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He belonged to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He worked at Strasbourg, Brussels, Rome and Città di Castello.