Vincenzo Galetti (8 March 1926 – 2 June 1987) was an
Italian
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trade unionist, communist politician and anti-fascist activist.
Born in
San Pietro in Casale
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It is situated north from Bologna, and southwest from Ferrara. San Pietro is on the main rail line from Bologna to Padua and Ve ...
, Galetti grew up in
Galliera
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Galliera borders the following municipalities: Malalbergo, Pieve di Cento, ...
. He completed an apprenticeship as an electrician, before finding work at
Ducati
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. Late in 1942, he was denounced by the factory management, who was in league with the
Fascist government, for desertion. This led him to make contact with the organised anti-fascist movement. Under the pseudonym "Aurelio", he was a leading figure in the
liberation of Galliera, serving in the
Luccarelli battalion, and then the
Garibaldi Brigades
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The Brigades were mostly made up of ...
, and survived multiple raids on the fascists.
In 1944, Galetti joined the
Italian Communist Party
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The PCI was founded as ''Communist Party of Italy'' on 21 January 1921 in Livorno by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). ...
(PCI) and early in 1945 the party placed him in charge of its lower
Bologna
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region.
Over the next decade, he held various positions within the party, and served on its regional committee. From 1954, he worked for the
Italian General Confederation of Labour
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, becoming a leading figure in its agricultural work. In 1960 he moved to Prague to become the general secretary of the
.
Galetti returned to Bologna in 1964, resuming his activity in the PCI, and was elected to the municipal council, spending some time leading the party group. In 1966, he became secretary of the Bologna Communist Federation and to the central committee of the PCI. In 1974, he was elected as president of the National Co-operative and Mutual League.
Galetti left the local council in 1975 and became vice-president of the national government commission on co-operation. In 1986, he was appointed to the board of governors of the
University of Bologna
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. He died suddenly in 1987.
References
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1926 births
1987 deaths
Italian anti-fascists
Italian Communist Party politicians
Italian trade unionists