Tommaso Bisagno (5 April 1935 – 18 January 2014) was an Italian academic and politician.

Biography

Bisagno was born in

Signa Signa () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence. Signa borders the following municipalities: Campi Bisenzio, Carmignano, Lastra a Signa, Poggio a Caiano, ...

in 1935. Graduated in chemistry, he was a university professor by profession. He enrolled in Christian Democracy in 1956. He was a municipal councilor in Signa and a regional councilor in

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. He was elected deputy, for the first time, in 1979 and was re-elected for three other legislatures, keeping the seat in the Chamber until 1994. He served as undersecretary for defence in the

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and second government of

Bettino Craxi Benedetto "Bettino" Craxi ( , , ; 24 February 1934 – 19 January 2000) was an Italian politician, leader of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) from 1976 to 1993, and the 45th prime minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987. He was the first PSI membe ...

, in the sixth

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of Amintore Fanfani and as undersecretary for public works in the first government of

Giuliano Amato Giuliano Amato (; born 13 May 1938) is an Italian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy, first from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2001. Later, he was Vice President of the Convention on the Future of Europe that drafted t ...

. Elected Mayor of Signa (1990-1995), he was the first Christian Democrat to hold that position. In 2001 he ran for Senate with

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but was not elected. He died on 18 January 2014 after a long illness, at the age of 79.

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* 1935 births 2014 deaths People from Signa Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians Italian People's Party (1994) politicians Mayors of places in Tuscany Deputies of Legislature VIII of Italy deputies of Legislature IX of Italy deputies of Legislature X of Italy deputies of Legislature XI of Italy Politicians of Tuscany Italian chemists {{Italy-politician-stub