deputy predecessor successor birth_place party office primeminister birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
antonio martusciello giuliano urbani gianni francesco mattioli francesco rutelli giorgio la malfa gallipoli , italy christian -lrb- 1994 -- 1995 -rrb- united christian democrats 1995 -- democracy 2002 -rrb- union of christian and centre democrats -lrb- 2002 -lrb- -- present -rrb- before 1994 -rrb- people 's party minister of culture and tourism minister of european affairs silvio berlusconi silvio berlusconi 6 june 1948 23 april 2005 11 june 2001 rocco buttiglione.jpg rocco buttiglione
 17 may 2006 23 april 2005 rocco buttiglione
rocco buttiglione

rocco buttiglione -lrb- ; born 6 june 1948 -rrb- is an italian union of christian and centre democrats politician and an academic .
buttiglione 's nomination for a post as european commissioner with a portfolio that was to include civil liberties , resulted in controversy as some political groups opposed him for his conservative roman catholic views against homosexuality , despite his assurances that these were only his personal convictions and would not dictate his administration .
buttiglione is a professor of political science at saint pius v university in rome , and member of the pontifical academy of social sciences .
he served as a minister for eu policies -lrb- from 2001 to 2005 -rrb- and then as minister for cultural assets and activities -lrb- from 2005 to 2006 -rrb- in silvio berlusconi 's governments .
in 2005 buttiglione received an honorary doctoral degree for his commitment to the ideas of liberty .
in may 2006 , he unsuccessfully ran for mayor of turin .
