Eugenio Duca (27 February 1950 – 5 October 2021) was an Italian politician.

Biography

During the 1970s, Duca was active in a railway workers' union and served on the Permanent Maritime Commission of the

Camera di Commercio, Industria, Agricoltura e Artigianato The Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture and Artisanship ( it, Camera di Commercio, Industria, Agricoltura e Artigianato, CCIAA) is a group of Italian organizations that promote business activities. Companies are required to register in the ch ...

from 1978 to 1983. He served as a city councilor in

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic S ...

from 1983 to 1997. He was elected to represent

Marche Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as The Marches ( ). The region is located in the central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the ...

in the

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and joined the coalition

Alliance of Progressives The Alliance of Progressives ( it, Alleanza dei Progressisti) was a left-wing political alliance of parties in Italy formed in 1994, with relevant predecessors at local level in 1993. The leader of the alliance was Achille Occhetto. The allianc ...

. He was re-elected in

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and

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

as part of the coalition The Olive Tree. He served as national leader of the

Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left ( it, Democratici di Sinistra, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy. The DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger of th ...

in the maritime economic sector until 2007. In , Duca ran for mayor of Ancona, but earned only 5.9% of the vote. Eugenio Duca died of a heart attack in Ancona on 5 October 2021, at the age of 71.

References

1950 births 2021 deaths People from Ancona Italian politicians Deputies of Legislature XII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIV of Italy Democratic Party of the Left politicians Democrats of the Left politicians {{Italy-politician-DemocraticPartyItaly-stub