Guglielmo Epifani

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Guglielmo Epifani (2009)

Guglielmo Ettore Epifani (born March 24, 1950 in Rome ; † June 7, 2021 there ) was an Italian politician and trade unionist . From 2002 to 2010 he was head of the left-wing trade union CGIL and from May to December 2013 chairman of the social democratic Partito Democratico (PD).

Life

Epifani grew up in Rome and Milan. After graduating from high school in 1969, he studied philosophy at La Sapienza University in Rome, graduating in 1973.

After completing his studies, Epifani joined the trade union federation CGIL and worked for it professionally, including as head of the union's publishing house, Esi. In 1979 he became Deputy Secretary General of the CGIL's Department of Printing and Paper. From 1990 he was a member of the Secretariat (of the Board of Directors) of the CGIL, in 1993 he became Deputy Secretary General, first under Bruno Trentin and from 1994 under Sergio Cofferati . He replaced him as Secretary General in 2002 and held this office until 2010. Epifani was the first socialist to head the CGIL since it was re-established in 1944.

Political career

Epifani was initially a member of the Partito Socialista Italiano , after its collapse the Democratici di Sinistra and finally the Partito Democratico . On May 11, 2013, Epifani was elected secretary (chairman) by the PD party congress as the successor to the resigned Pierluigi Bersani with 85.8 percent of the votes.

Since the parliamentary elections in Italy in 2013 , Epifani has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies and chaired the Committee on Economy, Trade and Tourism. In disagreement with the party leadership by Matteo Renzi , he left the PD in 2017 and joined the Articolo 1 party . In the 2018 parliamentary elections , he again entered the Chamber of Deputies with the Liberi e Uguali coalition .

Web links

Commons : Guglielmo Epifani  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Guglielmo Epifani è morto, ex segretario Pd e leader Cgil. Politica in lutto. In: affaritaliani.it. June 7, 2021, accessed June 8, 2021 (Italian).
  2. ^ State crisis: Italy's government is about to end. In: Spiegel Online . September 29, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Epifani, Guglielmo Ettore. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
personal data
SURNAME Epifani, Guglielmo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Epifani, Guglielmo Ettore (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian trade unionist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 2021
PLACE OF DEATH Rome