Paolo Cabras

Paolo Cabras
Senator of the Italian Republic
In office 2 July 1987 – 14 April 1994
Constituency	Lazio, Italy
Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies
In office 25 May 1972 – 1 July 1987
Constituency	Rome
Personal details
Born	(1931-01-16)January 16, 1931 Rome, Italy
Died	July 2, 2020(2020-07-02) (aged 89)
Political party	Christian Democracy
Profession	Surgeon, editor

Paolo Cabras (16 January 1931 – 2 July 2020) was an Italian politician and surgeon.

Biography

Cabras was born in Rome on 16 January 1931.[1][2] Prior to entering politics he earned a degree in medicine and surgery.[1][2][3]

Cabras would enter politics as a member of the Christian Democracy (DC).[4] In 1972 he entered politics as a founder of the Sunia, the National Tenants and Assignees Union.[3] He was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1972 and remained there until 1987 when he was elected to the Italian Senate, where he sat until 1994.[1][2]

During his second term in the Senate, during Legislature XI, he would serve as a Vice-president of the parliamentary Antimafia Commission.[5] While on this commission, he would highlight the dangers of the Camorra to local institutions.[6]

From 1986 to 1989 he would also serve as an editor for the DC newspaper Il Popolo.[3]

He died on 2 July 2020.[3][7]

References

1. "senato.it - Scheda di attività di Paolo CABRAS - X Legislatura". www.senato.it. Italian Senate.
2. "Paolo Cabras / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico". storia.camera.it. Italian Parliament.
3. Di Pietrantonio, Luciano (5 July 2020). "Ci ha lasciato Paolo Cabras". Abitare A Roma (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2020.
4. Cabras, Daniele (11 July 2020). "Paolo Cabras: la sua Dc era quella di Moro e Zaccagnini. | Il Domani d'Italia" (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2020.
5. "XI Legislatura della Repubblica italiana / Commissione parlamentare di inchiesta sul fenomeno della mafia e sulle altre associazioni criminali similari / Organi / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico". storia.camera.it (in Italian). Italian Parliament. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
6. "Oltre 100 iscritti alla scuola di formazione socio-politica dell'Istituto Salesiano di Caserta |". Caserta Web (in Italian). 18 January 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
7. "Ci lascia Paolo Cabras | Il Domani d'Italia".

External links

• Italian Parliament Page
• Italian Senate Page