title: Umberto Pirilli
text: # Umberto Pirilli
  
  Umberto Pirilli (born 25 September 1940 in Gioia Tauro) is an Italian politician; he was Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the Alleanza Nazionale, part of the Union for a Europe of Nations and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.
  
  He was a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee.
  
  In 2009 he was not re-elected.
  
  ## Career
  
  * Secondary school-leaving certificate in classical subjects and degree in law
  * Publicist
  * lecturer in civil law
  * Professor of banking law at the Faculty of Statistics
  * Professor of comparative private law at the Faculty of Business Studies of the University of Messina
  * Lawyer dealing with civil cases
  * Chairman of the FUAN of Messina
  * Deputy national Youth Secretary for the MSI
  * Municipal Councillor of Messina
  * Member of the Municipal Council of Gioia Tauro
  * Chairman of the Provincial Council of Reggio Calabria
  * AN regional coordinator for Calabria
  * Member of the Regional Executive and Substitute Chairman of the State-Regions Conference
  * Chairman of the Conference of Regions and Local Authorities
  