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Lelio Lagorio

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Lelio Lagorio
Mayor of Florence
In office
15 February 1965 – 19 November 1965
Preceded byGiorgio La Pira
Succeeded byPiero Bargellini
President of Tuscany
In office
28 July 1970 – 26 September 1978
Preceded byEstablished office
Succeeded byMario Leone
Minister of Defence
In office
4 April 1980 – 4 August 1983
Preceded byAdolfo Sarti
Succeeded byGiovanni Spadolini
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
20 June 1979 – 22 April 1992
Member of the European Parliament
In office
26 July 1989 – 18 July 1994
Personal details
Born(1925-11-09)9 November 1925
Trieste, Italy
Died6/7 January 2017
Florence, Italy
Political partyItalian Socialist Party

Lelio Lagorio (9 November 1925 – 6/7 January 2017) was an Italian politician who served as the first President of Tuscany from 1970 until 1978.

Biography

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Lagorio was born in Trieste and was a member of the Italian Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Italiano, PSI). He was mayor of Florence from 1964 to 1965, succeeding Giorgio La Pira, and, later, the first president of the Tuscany region (1970–1978).

He was the first PSI politicians to become Minister of Defence in Italy (1980–1983); the Ustica Massacre occurred under his tenure. Later he was minister of Sport and Spectales (1983–1986), President of PSI's Deputies and at the European Parliament (1986–1994) and vice-president of the Union of European Community Socialist Parties (1990–1992).

Lagorio also wrote political and historical essays (including L'Ora di Austerlitz, about his period as Minister of Defence), and edited the Florentine magazine Città & Regione.

He died in Florence on 6 January[1] or 7 January[2] 2017.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Nistri, Enrico (11 January 2017). "Ritratti. Lelio Lagorio 'Granduca di Toscana' e socialista tricolore" [Portraits. Lelio Lagorio "Grand Duke of Tuscany" and tricolor socialist]. Barbadillo (in Italian). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Lagorio".
  3. ^ "E' morto l'ex sindaco Lelio Lagorio. E' stato il primo presidente della Toscana" [Former Mayor Lelio Lagorio Has Died. He Was the First President of Tuscany]. La Nazione (in Italian). Florence. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

Sources

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  • Mola, Aldo Alessandro (1993). "Lelio Lagorio". Il Parlamento Italiano. Storia parlamentare e politica dell'Italia, Vol. XXIII. Milan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Tajani, Antonio (1982). Il Granduca. Lagorio: un socialista Ministro della Difesa. Milan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)