Mario Catania (born March 5, 1952) served as the Italy minister of agriculture under Prime Minister Mario Monti from November 2011 to April 28, 2013.
He was the head of department of European and international policies at the agriculture ministry. OECD webpage He was also part of the Italian Permanent Delegation to the EU in Brussels. In November 2011, he was appointed agriculture minister. He replaced Francesco Saverio Romano in the post.
In 2012, Catania joined Union of the Centre (UdC) and was elected deputy, on With Monti for Italy coalition's lists. Catania's term as agriculture minister ended on April 28, 2013, and Nunzia De Girolamo succeeded him in the post.
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