Carlo Ripa di Meana

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.