Aldo Tortorella | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 25 May 1972 – 14 April 1994 | |
| Constituency | Milan (1972–1992) Genoa (1992–1994) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1926-07-10)10 July 1926 |
| Died | 5 February 2025(2025-02-05) (aged 98) Rome, Italy |
| Political party | PCI (till 1991) PDS (1991–1998) DS (1998–1999) |
| Alma mater | University of Milan |
| Occupation | Journalist, politician |
Aldo Tortorella (10 July 1926 – 5 February 2025) was an Italian journalist, politician and partisan. He was a historical member of theItalian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiano, or PCI).
Tortorella was born inNaples, but spent his youth inGenoa andMilan. When he was a university student, he became a member of theMilanese resistance movement againstfascism. He was imprisoned, but he was later able to escape to Genoa. After the liberation of Northern Italy, Tortorella became journalist (and eventually vice-director) for the Genoese edition of PCI's newspaper,L'Unità. In 1958–1962 he was vice-director of the Milanese edition and director of the national edition from 1970 to 1975.
Tortorella was elected to theItalian Chamber of Deputies for the first time in 1972, a position he held until 1994. A follower of national secretaryEnrico Berlinguer, he was the party's responsible for culture. In the late 1970s he was against Berlinguer's move towards the so-calledHistoric Compromise (Compromesso storico), which aimed for a government alliance between PCI and the other Italian main party of the period,Democrazia Cristiana.
In 1989, Tortorella was one of the main opponents of theSvolta della Bolognina, the change of PCI's name supported by new secretaryAchille Occhetto.[1] However, when PCI became theDemocratic Party of the Left (PDS), he remained in the party as member of the left-current led byGiovanni Berlinguer. In 1999, at the outbreak of theKosovo War, Tortorella abandoned the party in polemics with the then-prime minister and party leader,Massimo D'Alema, who had Italy take an active part in the conflict.
In 2000s, he contributed to a leftist magazine,Critica marxista, and organized cultural activities dealing with Enrico Berlinguer's figure and politics.
Tortorella died inRome on 5 February 2025, at the age of 98.[2]
| Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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| 1972 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | PCI | 35,353 |  YElected | |
| 1976 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | PCI | 41,343 | YElected | |
| 1979 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | PCI | 30,758 | YElected | |
| 1983 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | PCI | 28,748 | YElected | |
| 1987 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | PCI | 29,465 | YElected | |
| 1992 | Chamber of Deputies | Genoa–Imperia–La Spezia–Savona | PDS | 14,041 | YElected | |
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