Carlo Ripa di Meana

Carlo Ripa di Meana
Carlo Ripa di Meana
Minister of the Environment
	In office; 28 June 1992 – 9 March 1993
Prime Minister	Giuliano Amato
Preceded by	Giorgio Ruffolo
Succeeded by	Valdo Spini
European Commissioner for the Environment
	In office; 1983–1993
President	Jacques Delors
Preceded by	Stanley Clinton Davis
Succeeded by	Ioannis Paleokrassas
European Commissioner for the Institutional Reforms, Information Policy, Culture and Tourism
	In office; 1985–1999
President	Jacques Delors
Preceded by	Lorenzo Natali (Information) ; Giorgios Contogeorgis (Tourism)
Succeeded by	Jean Dondelinger
Personal details
Born	29 August 1929; Pietrasanta, Italy
Died	2 March 2018 (aged 88); Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	PCI (1948-1958) ; PSI (1958-1992) ; Greens (1993-2001)
Spouse(s)	Marina Ripa Di Meana; (m. 1982; her death 2018)

Carlo Ripa di Meana (15 August 1929 – 2 March 2018) was an Italian politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament, a European Commissioner with portfolio for the environment and was environment minister of Italy.

Ripa di Meana was the leader of the Italian Greens and president of the organization Italia Nostra.

From 1982 until her death in 2018, Ripa di Meana was married to actress and socialite Marina Ripa Di Meana.

From 1993 to 1996 Ripa di Meana was the Spokesperson of the Federation of the Greens, in the 1994 European Parliament election he was again elected MEP, while in 2000 regional election he was elected in the Umbrian Regional Council.

Ripa di Meana died in Rome on 2 March 2018 of skin cancer at the age of 88.^[1]