Oddo Biasini (13 May 1917 – 8 July 2009) was an Italian politician. He was a partisan during the

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and a prominent member of the

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Biography

Oddo Biasini graduated in letters at the

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in 1940; in 1944 he was a republican partisan together with

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and Osvaldo Abbondanza. After the war he worked as a teacher of Italian and Latin and was Principal of the scientific high school of

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from 1958 to 1968. A trusted man of Ugo La Malfa, in the 70's he was elected national secretary of the

. He was the chairman of his party's parliamentary group from 16 December 1974 to 24 February 1976 and from 15 July 1976 to 19 June 1979 and vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies from 1983 to 1987. Between the end of the 60s and the beginning of the 70s he served as an Undersecretary for Public Education in the

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(1968–69) and third Rumor Cabinet (1970) and in the Colombo Cabinet (1970–71). He also served as a Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage from 1980 to 1981 in the

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and

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. He died on 8 July 2009.

Honours and awards

* : Grand Cross Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (12 December 1993)BIASINI On. Oddo Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
/ref> * : Gold Medal for the Meritorious of Culture and Art (5 August 1983) * : Gold Medal for the Meritorious of the School of Culture and Art (31 July 1973)

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Biasini, Oddo 1917 births 2009 deaths People from Cesena Italian Republican Party 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 Politicians of Emilia-Romagna University of Florence alumni Teachers of Italian