Guido Bodrato (27 March 1933 – 8 June 2023) was an Italian politician.
Biography
Bodrato was born in
Monteu Roero, in
Piedmont, and graduated in jurisprudence. He entered
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism.
It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...
(Democrazia Cristiana, or DC) and was elected in the
Italian Chamber of Deputies for that party from 1968 to 1994. He was also municipal councillor in
Turin. Together with
Carlo Donat-Cattin, he was a leader of DC's ''Forze Nuove'' internal wing (a left wing), and later, as a collaborator of
Benigno Zaccagnini, a founder of the so-called ''Area Zac'' with
Mino Martinazzoli
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and others.
Bodrato was Minister of Education from 1980 and 1982 (Forlani and Spadolini I/II cabinets), then, in 1982-1983, Minister of Economic Balance in the Fanfani V cabinet. After a period as DC's vice-secretary under
Ciriaco De Mita
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A member of the Christian Democracy (DC), De Mita served as its secretary and leader from Ma ...
and then
Arnaldo Forlani, he was again minister, this time of Industry and Commerce, in 1991-1992 (
Andreotti VII Cabinet).
During the
Mani Pulite scandal that wiped out DC and other Italian traditional government parties, he supported the renovation of new secretary Mino Martinazzoli, and the foundation of the new
Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano, PPI). From 1996 to 1999 he was director of the party's newspaper ''
Il Popolo''. Bodrato was elected in the PPI's lists at the
European Parliament in 1999-2004.
Bodrato died on 8 June 2023, at the age of 90.
References
External links
Biography at Piedmontese PPI websitePhoto archiveat ''
L'Unità'' website
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1933 births
2023 deaths
People from the Province of Cuneo
Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians
Italian People's Party (1994) politicians
Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy politicians
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
Deputies of Legislature XI of Italy
MEPs for Italy 1999–2004
20th-century Italian politicians
21st-century Italian politicians
University of Turin alumni