Antonino Cuffaro
Antonino Cuffaro (born April 21, 1932 in Sambuca di Sicilia , Agrigento province , † July 20, 2019 ) was an Italian communist politician . From 2007 to 2013 he was chairman of the Partito dei Comunisti Italiani (PdCI).
Life
Cuffaro joined the Communist Party of Italy (PCI) in 1948 . Six years later he moved to Trieste . There he was a member of the Trieste municipal council from 1964 to 1972. From 1969 until the PCI was dissolved in 1991, he was a member of its central committee . In 1976 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies , to which he belonged for three legislative terms (until 1987). Cuffaro did not want to go along with the 1991 decision of the PCI to turn away from communism and transform it into the Democratic Left Party . Instead, he joined the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (PRC). For this he was elected senator in 1994 as a representative of the constituency of Marino - Colleferro - Frascati in Latium .
In October 1998 the PRC withdrew its trust in Romano Prodi's cabinet . Cuffaro was one of the members who wanted to continue to support the center-left government and therefore left the PRC and founded the Partito dei Comunisti Italiani (PdCI). From 1998 to 2001 he was State Secretary in the Ministry of Universities and Scientific Research in the governments of Massimo D'Alema and Giuliano Amato . At the Fourth National Congress of the PdCI in 2007 he was elected President of the party to succeed Armando Cossutta . In July 2013 he was replaced as President by Manuela Palermi .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cuffaro, Antonino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sambuca di Sicilia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th July 2019 |