Antonio Pizzinato

Antonio Pizzinato
General Secretary of CGIL
In office
1 March 1986 – 29 November 1988
Preceded byLuciano Lama
Succeeded byBruno Trentin
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
9 May 1996 – 27 April 2006
ConstituencyLombardy
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
23 April 1992 – 14 April 1994
ConstituencyMilan
Personal details
Born (1932-10-08) 8 October 1932 (age 92)
Caneva, Italy
Political partyPCI (before 1991)
PDS (1991–1998)
DS (1998–2007)
SEL (2010–2016)
SI (2017–present)
ProfessionTrade unionist, politician

Antonio Pizzinato (born 8 October 1932) is an Italian trade unionist and politician, General Secretary of Italian General Confederation of Labour from 1986 to 1988.

Biography

Pizzinato joined both the Italian General Confederation of Labour and the Italian Communist Party in 1947 and went to study Economy and Sociology at the Moscow State University, though he didn't graduate since he only had the Primary school diploma.[1]

Career in the CGIL

Once he returned to Italy in 1961, Pizzinato began his career in the CGIL, being appointed Secretary-general of the trade union in March 1986.[2] He held the office for only two years.[3]

Deputy, city councilor, senator and undersecretary

Pizzinato is elected for the first time to the Chamber of Deputies at the 1992 general election with the Democratic Party of the Left.

In 1994, Pizzinato was elected to the city council of Sesto San Giovanni,[4] leaving the office in 1996 when he was elected Senator. Again in 1996, Pizzinato was appointed undersecretary at the Ministry of Labour during the Prodi I Cabinet.[5] He will be re-elected to the Senate with the Democrats of the Left at the 2001 general election.

Later years

In 2007, Pizzinato, being contrary to the birth of the Democratic Party, adhered to Fabio Mussi's motion to leave the Democrats of the Left[6] and join, a few years later, Left Ecology Freedom.[7] Since 2007, Pizzinato is president of the Lombardy section of the National Association of Italian Partisans.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Licenza Media? Pizzinato divenne segretario CGIL e Sottosegretario anche senza". it.blastingnews.com. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  2. ^ "I mass-media di Pizzinato". La Repubblica. 1 March 1986. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Senza applausi Pizzinato se ne va". La Repubblica. 18 November 1988. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Antonio Pizzinato: una vita tra lavoro, passione e militanza". rassegna.it. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  5. ^ "L'esercito dei viceministri". La Repubblica. 22 May 1996. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Veltroni rilancia l'Ulivo e nei Ds è già battaglia". La Repubblica. 16 October 1999. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  7. ^ ""Viaggio al centro del lavoro" con Antonio Pizzinato". La Repubblica. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  • Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): XI, XIII, XIV legislature