Claudio Signorile (born 9 September 1937) is an Italian politician.

Biography

Claudio Signorile graduated with a degree in literature and taught Modern History at the Universities of Rome and

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, and Contemporary History at the

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. He was a member of the

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(''Partito Socialista Italiano''; PSI) from 1956 to 1994, becoming national secretary of the Socialist Youth Federation (until 1965) and then, as a member of the National Party Directorate, deputy secretary of the party from 1978 to 1981. Following the kidnap of

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Aldo Moro Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro (; 23 September 1916 – 9 May 1978) was an Italian statesman and a prominent member of the Christian Democracy (DC). He served as prime minister of Italy from December 1963 to June 1968 and then from November 1974 to July ...

by the far-left terrorist group the

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(''Brigate Rosse'', BR) in March 1978, Signorile became involved in clandestine attempts to develop lines of communication between his party and BR, with the intention of securing Moro's release. Although always remaining within the confines of the law, Signorile contacted Marxist intellectuals sympathetic to BR, most notably

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and Lanfranco Pace, and reported the outcomes of their discussions to the then leader of the PSI,

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. As Signorile later stated during the investigation into Moro's murder: "We wanted an open door and a possibility that I would not call ''trattativa'' (negotiation) – I want to be very clear on this – a possibility to create conditions of fact that would leave, I repeat, at least a road open to the possibility of releasing the Honourable Moro." From 1981 to 1983, he was Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South in the Spadolini and Fanfani governments. From 1983 to 1987, he served as Minister of Transport in the governments led by Bettino Craxi. In 1988 he was one of the protagonists of the so-called "golden sheet scandal". He was accused together with his secretary Rocco Trane of having received bribes for 720 million lire for the award of a contract for the supply of linen destined for the sleeping cars of

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, was indicted and subsequently acquitted in 1996. In 1994, he was expelled from the PSI. In 2004, Signorile founded the Socialist Unity movement, while in 2005 he joined the new radical-socialist project "

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". In 2007, he joined the

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, to promote the participation of a group of socialists in the constituent phase of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Signorile, Claudio 1937 births Living people People from Bari Italian Socialist Party politicians Italian Democratic Socialists politicians 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 Politicians of Apulia