12 Facts About Edo Ronchi

Edo Ronchi served as minister of environment and protection of land and sea from 1996 to 2000 in three different cabinets.

Edo Ronchi was the first Green politician to hold a cabinet post in Italy.

Edo Ronchi holds an electrical engineering degree from the Politecnico di Milano.

Edo Ronchi joined the party in 1983 and became a member of its steering committee in 1989.

Edo Ronchi was elected to the Italian Parliament in 1983.

In 1992 Ronchi became senator and was the leader of the Federation of the Greens in the Italian Senate.

Edo Ronchi was named minister of environment on 17 May 1996 to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Romano Prodi.

Edo Ronchi became the first member of the party who assumed a cabinet post in the country.

Edo Ronchi's tenure ended in April 2000 when the cabinet resigned.

Edo Ronchi was offered by Prime Minister Amato the post of minister of European affairs, but he did not accept the post due to his intention of serving as minister of environment.

However, Edo Ronchi's proposal was not endorsed, and Willer Bordon replaced him as minister of environment.

When Edo Ronchi was in office as environment minister Italy signed the Kyoto Protocol in 1997.