Giovanni Pieraccini (25 November 1918–14 July 2017) was an Italian journalist and socialist politician who was a member of the

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. Started his political career in 1948 Pieraccini served in different cabinet posts in the period 1963–1974.

Early life and education

Pieraccini was born in

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on 25 November 1918. He was given the name of his father who had died before his birth. Pieraccini completed his high school education at the Carducci gymnasium in Viareggio. He graduated from the

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obtaining a law degree. Pieraccini participated in the resistance forces in

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after 8 September 1943.

Career

After the liberation of Florence Pieraccini was made the councilor of the first democratic administration and worked as the director of a socialist weekly entitled ''La defense''. He was editor of the newspaper of the Resistance forces entitled ''La Nazione del Popolo'' and co-director of another newspaper, ''Il Nuovo corriere''. Pieraccini was a deputy from 1948 to 1968. He was part of the group which assumed the leadership of the Italian Socialist Party and director of the newspaper ''

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'' from 1960 to 1963. In the late 1960s Pieraccini was part of the right-wing group in the party together with

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and

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. He was appointed minister of public works to the first cabinet of

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in December 1963 and was in office until 23 July 1964. He served as the minister of budget in the

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and third Moro cabinet (1964-1968). Pieraccini was a member of the

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from 1968 to 1976 and was the head of the socialist group at the Senate. He was appointed minister of merchant navy to the

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led by

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in 1973 and was in office until 14 March 1974. Then Pieraccini was named the minister for the coordination of scientific and technological research initiatives on 14 March 1974 to the next cabinet of Mariano Rumor which he held until November that year. Following his retirement from politics in 1974 Pieraccini served as the president of the Assitalia insurance company in 1983 and president of the SEC Naval Shipyard in Viareggio. In 1986 he founded an organization with

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called RomaEuropa which initiated the Romaeuropa Festival, a cultural festival.

Death

Pieraccini died in Viareggio on 14 July 2017.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pieraccini, Giovanni 20th-century Italian businesspeople 20th-century Italian journalists 1918 births 2017 deaths Government ministers of Italy Italian Socialist Party politicians Deputies of Legislature I of Italy Deputies of Legislature II of Italy Deputies of Legislature III of Italy Deputies of Legislature IV of Italy Italian anti-fascists Italian Ministers of Public Works People from Viareggio University of Pisa alumni Italian newspaper editors Senators of Legislature IV of Italy Senators of Legislature V of Italy Senators of Legislature VI of Italy 20th-century Italian lawyers