High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Raffaele Costa (born 8 September 1936 in Mondovì) is an Italian politician. He has been President of the Province of Cuneo (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. Costa holds a degree in Law and Political Science. He was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1976, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996 and 2001. He was Minister without Portfolio for the co-ordination of community political and regional affairs (1992), Minister of Health (1993), Minister of Transport and Minister of the Merchant Marine in the Ciampi government.