Gaetano Arfé
Gaetano Arfé (born November 12, 1925 in Somma Vesuviana ( NA ), † September 13, 2007 in Naples ) was an Italian politician , journalist and historian .
Life
Arfé joined a partisan group of the organization Giustizia e Libertà in 1944 in the Resistancea and joined the Partito Socialista Italiano (PSI) in 1945 . From 1966 he was editor of the PSI daily Avanti! .
From 1957 to 1982 he was a member of the Central Committee of PSI and from 1979 to 1984 he was a member of the ESP parliamentary group for PSI in the European Parliament . There he initiated two resolutions in particular to protect minority languages (Resolutions Arfé I and Arfé II ).
After leaving PSI, he was elected to the Senate as an independent on the PCI list in 1987 .
bibliography
- Ciro Raia: Gaetano Arfé. Un socialista del mio Paese. Piero Lacaita Editore, Manduria-Bari, 2003.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gaetano Arfé in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Gaetano Arfé in the Members' database of the European Parliament
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arfé, Gaetano |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian politician, MEP, journalist and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Somma Vesuviana |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 2007 |
| Place of death | Naples |