Luciano Radi (

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, 19 September 1922 – Foligno, 1 June 2014) was an Italian politician and University professor.

Political career

Radi was Deputy from 1958 to 1992 for the "Perugia-Terni-Rieti" district and Senator from 1992 to 1994 for the "Perugia I" district among the ranks of the

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. He served as Secretary of the Council of Ministers from 1980 to 1981 in the

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and as Minister for Parliamentary Relations from 1981 to 1982 in the

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and second Spadolini cabinet. He was also editor of the newspaper of the Christian Democracy "Il Popolo" from 1980 to 1981 ad Chairman of the

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Supervisory Commission from 1992 to 1994.

Works

* Luciano Radi. ''Il pendolo composto e le sue leggi''. Casa Editrice "L'Appennino", 1948 e Laboratorio Scienze Sperimentali di Foligno (ristampa anastatica), 2010 He has published books of political sociology and contemporary history: * Luciano Radi. ''La crisi della pianificazione rigida e centralizzata''. Cinque Lune, 1957. * Luciano Radi. ''I mezzadri: le lotte contadine dell'italia centrale dall'Unità al 1960''. Cinque Lune, 1962. * Luciano Radi. ''Potere democratico e forze economiche''. Cinque Lune, 1969. * Luciano Radi. ''Partiti e classi in Italia''. SEI, 1975. * Luciano Radi. ''La talpa rossa''. Rusconi, 1979. * Luciano Radi. ''Tambroni trent'anni dopo''. Il Mulino, 1990. * Luciano Radi. ''20 giugno 1859: l'insurrezione e il sacrificio di Perugia''. Cittadella Editrice, 1998. * Luciano Radi. ''Il futuro è tra noi''. Cittadella Editrice, 1998. * Luciano Radi. ''La macchina planetaria''. Franco Angeli, 2000. * Luciano Radi. ''Gli anni giovanili di Giorgio La Pira''. Cittadella Editrice, 2001. * Luciano Radi. ''La DC da De Gasperi a Fanfani''. Rubbettino, 2005. * Luciano Radi. ''Gerardo Bruni e la questione cattolica''. Provincia di Perugia, 2005. * Luciano Radi. ''Foligno 1946. Ricordo di Italo Fittaioli e Benedetto Pasquini in occasione del sessantesimo della prima elezione democratica del Consiglio Comunale''. Pro Foligno, 2006. He has also published the following narration books: * Luciano Radi. ''Nati due volte''. AVE, 1970. * Luciano Radi. ''Buongiorno onorevole''. SEI, 1973 (4 edizioni). * Luciano Radi. ''Un grappolo di tonache''. Rusconi, 1981. * Luciano Radi. ''Non sono solo''. Rusconi, 1984 (3 edizioni). * Luciano Radi. ''Diario di un cane''. Bompiani, 1993. * Luciano Radi. ''Chiara di Assisi''. Cittadella Editrice, 1994. * Luciano Radi. ''Angela da Foligno e l'Umbria mistica del secolo XIII''. Emp, 1996. * Luciano Radi. ''Buonanotte onorevole''. SEI, 1996. * Luciano Radi. ''Santa Veronica Giuliani''. Cittadella Editrice, 1997. * Luciano Radi. ''Sotto la brace''. ARES, 1999. * Luciano Radi. ''San Francesco e gli animali''. Editrice Minerva, 2001 (tradotto in più lingue). * Luciano Radi. ''Umbria Santa''. Editrice Minerva, 2001. * Luciano Radi. ''Memorie di una lumaca''. Rubbettino, 2002. * Luciano Radi. ''San Nicola da Tolentino''. Edizioni San Paolo, 2004. * Luciano Radi. ''Margherita da Cortona''. Cittadella Editrice, 2004. * Luciano Radi. ''Luci del tramonto''. Rubbettino, 2005. * Luciano Radi. ''Francesco e il Sultano''. Cittadella Editrice, 2006. * Luciano Radi. ''I giorni del silenzio''. Minerva editrice, 2010.

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