Gabriel Francis Piemonte (January 28, 1909 in Boston, Massachusetts – June 30, 1991 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American attorney and politician who was a member of the

Massachusetts House of Representatives The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...

from 1947 to 1952 and the

Boston City Council The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no ...

from 1952 to 1960, 1962 to 1964, 1966 to 1968, and 1970 to 1974. In 1952 and from 1970 to 1972 he was the Council President. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Suffolk County District Attorney in 1954,

Mayor of Boston The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan (as are all municipal elections in Boston), and elect a mayor to a four- ...

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

and

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

and

Governor of Massachusetts The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces. Massachusetts ...

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

. Gabriel Piemonte was married to Evelyn Penta, and had four children; one son and three daughters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Piemonte, Gabriel 1909 births 1991 deaths Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Presidents of the Boston City Council Lawyers from Boston Suffolk University Law School alumni 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American lawyers

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