Giorgio (Bíró) Bogi (born 24 June 1929 in La Spezia), is an Italian surgeon and politician.

Biography

He graduated in medicine and surgery, and worked as a doctor until the 1970s. He was latterly the head physician of a hospital in La Spezia. He was a member of the

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, and in 1972 was elected as an MP for the first time. He was then re-elected continuously until the XIV Legislature in 2001. He served as Undersecretary to the Minister of Post and Telecommunications in the governments led by Cossiga,

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and Spadolini, from 4 April 1980 to 1 December 1982. He held the same office from 4 August 1983 to 17 April 1987 in the two governments led by

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. In 1994 he left the PRI and founded, together with

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and Libero Gualtieri, a new political party, the Republican Left, which was affiliated with the Democratic Alliance. From 14 March 1997 to 21 October 1998, Bogi served as the Minister for Parliamentary Relations in the

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. In 1998 he joined the

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, later moving on to become a member of the European Republicans Movement (in 2006) and of the

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(in 2007).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bogi, Giorgio 1929 births Living people 20th-century Italian physicians Italian Republican Party politicians Democrats of the Left politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Government ministers of Italy Italian surgeons People from La Spezia