Ezio Vigorelli (17 August 1892 – 24 October 1964) was an Italian lawyer and politician who was a member of the

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(PSI) and then of the

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(PSDI). He served as the minister of labour and social welfare in three different cabinets in the period 1954–1959.

Early life and education

Vigorelli was born in

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on 17 August 1892. He participated in the Italian army and participated in Libyan War and

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. He was wounded in the war which made him disabled. After the war he received a law degree.

Career

Vigorelli started his career as a lawyer in Milan. In 1921 he joined the PSI. From 1921 to 1926 he was the city councillor in Milan for the party. In 1943 he took refuge in Switzerland with his family due to the oppression of the Fascist rule. In 1944 Vigorelli was part of the Ossola uprising and served as the minister of the provisional government. Next year he was named the president of the municipal assistance agency in Milan which he held until 1957. One of his first initiatives in this post was the campaign against poverty. Vigorelli became a member of the

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in 1947 and joined the PSDI. Vigorelli became one of the leading figures of the party. He was also elected to the Parliament in 1948. In the 1950s Roberto Tremelloni and Vigorelli led the parliament's inquiry committee on the problems of poverty and unemployment. Vigorelli was appointed minister of labour and social welfare in 1954 to the

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. Roberto Tremelloni and Vigorelli were the social democrat members of the cabinet. Vigorelli continued to serve in the post in the first cabinet of

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until 1957. He was also named as the minister of labour and social welfare in the

led by Prime Minister

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in July 1958. Vigorelli resigned from the office on 24 January 1959. On 8 February 1959 he and other deputies left the PSDI and established a group which joined the PSI on 18 May 1959.

Personal life and death

Vigorelli married Diana Fugazza, and they had two children, Bruno and Adolfo, who were born in 1920 and 1921, respectively. In June 1944 both of his sons died in the liberation war against the Fascist regime. Vigorelli died in Milan on 24 October 1964.

Work

Vigorelli published a book entitled ''L'italiano e socialista e non lo sa'' (

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: ''The Italian is a Socialist and does not Know It'') in 1952.

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