Raffaele Costa

Raffaele Costa
Minister of Health
In office
21 February 1993  23 April 1993
Prime MinisterGiuliano Amato
Preceded byFrancesco De Lorenzo
Succeeded byMaria Pia Garavaglia
In office
10 May 1994  17 January 1995
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byMaria Pia Garavaglia
Succeeded byElio Guzzanti
President of the Province of Cuneo
In office
13 June 2004  9 June 2009
Preceded byGiovanni Quaglia
Succeeded byGianna Gancia
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
5 July 1976  27 April 2006
Member of the European Parliament
In office
13 June 1999  13 June 2004
Personal details
Born (1936-09-08) 8 September 1936
Mondovì, Italy
Political partyLiberal (till 1994)
Forza Italia (1994–2009)

Raffaele Costa (born 8 September 1936) is an Italian politician. He was the president of the Province of Cuneo from June 2004 to June 2009. He was previously a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies representing the Italian Liberal Party and later Forza Italia between 1976 and 2003, and was also a member of the European Parliament of the European People's Party until June 2004.

His son, Enrico Costa, is also a politician and was Italian Minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies in the Renzi Cabinet and the Gentiloni Cabinet.