Franco Nicolazzi (10 April 1924 – 22 January 2015) was an Italian politician. Nicolazzi was born in

Gattico Gattico is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Gattico-Veruno in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara. It was a separate commune until 2018. It is home ...

, in the province of Novara. During World War II he fought against the German occupation of Italy with the Brigate Matteotti. He was one of the founders of the

Italian Democratic Socialist Party The Italian Democratic Socialist Party (, PSDI), also known as Italian Social Democratic Party, was a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. The longest serving partner in government for Christian Democracy, the PSDI had been an im ...

(''Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano'', PSDI) in 1948, an offshoot of the

Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-living parties of the country. Founded in Genoa in 1892, ...

whose members were against the decision to ally with the Italian Communist Party. Nicolazzi was a member of the Italian Parliament from 1963 to 1992; he served also as Minister of Industry in 1979 and then as Minister of Public Works from 1979 to 1987. He retired from political activity after his encroachment in the Tangentopoli scandal, in which he was condemned to a one-year residence order. From 2006 until his death he was the President of the ''

Giuseppe Saragat Giuseppe Saragat (; 19 September 1898 – 11 June 1988) was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 1964 to 1971. Early life Born to Sardinian parents, he was a member of the Unitary Socialist Party (Italy, 1922), Unita ...

Foundation''. Nicolazzi died on 22 January 2015, aged 90.Morto ex ministro Franco Nicolazzi, fu segretario del Psdi
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolazzi, Franco 1924 births 2015 deaths People from the Province of Novara Italian Democratic Socialist Party politicians Deputies of Legislature IV of Italy Deputies of Legislature V of Italy Deputies of Legislature VI of Italy Deputies of Legislature VII of Italy Deputies of Legislature VIII of Italy Deputies of Legislature IX of Italy Deputies of Legislature X of Italy Politicians of Piedmont Italian military personnel of World War II