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Giuseppe Arlacchi | |
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 Giuseppe Arlacchi (2014) | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1994–1996 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 1996–2001 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 February 1951 Gioia Tauro, Italy |
| Political party | Democratic Party of the Left Italy of Values Democratic Party |
| Occupation | Sociologist |
| Website | www.pinoarlacchi.it |
Giuseppe Arlacchi, also known as Pino (born 21 February 1951), is an Italian sociologist and is well known worldwide for his studies and essays about the Mafia. He represents the Democratic Party and is a member of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) parliamentary group since 2010.
On 1 September 1997, he was appointed Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of the United Nations Drug Control Programme (since merged into the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), with the rank of Under-Secretary-General.[1] Currently, he is a full professor of sociology at the University of Sassari.