Luigi Berlinguer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Minister of Education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 18 May 1996 – 26 April 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Giancarlo Lombardi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Tullio De Mauro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1932-07-25)25 July 1932 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 November 2023(2023-11-01) (aged 91) Siena, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alma mater | University of Sassari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luigi Berlinguer (Italian pronunciation:[luˈiːdʒiberliŋˈɡwɛr]; 25 July 1932 – 1 November 2023) was an Italian jurist and politician. He was a professor at theUniversity of Siena, and also served as theminister of university and research and theminister of education.
Berlinguer was born inSassari, Sardinia, on 25 July 1932.[1] His brother,Sergio Berlinguer, was a diplomat and politician. They were cousins of theItalian Communist Party (PCI) leaderEnrico Berlinguer, who died in 1984.[2] He obtained a law degree from theUniversity of Sassari in 1955.[3]
Berlinguer served as mayor ofSennori.[4] He was the rector of theUniversity of Siena from 1985 to 1993, when he was appointed to theCiampi Cabinet as minister of universities, science, and technology.[2] He was one of the three former PCI members in the cabinet.[2][5] He served as the minister of education between 1996 and 2000 in the cabinets led first byRomano Prodi and then byMassimo D'Alema.[6] He was also acting minister of universities, science, and technology from 1996 to October 1998.[7] He was succeeded byOrtensio Zecchino as minister.[8] In addition, he served in both theChamber of Deputies and theSenate of the Republic.[4]
As a member of theDemocratic Party,[9] Berlinguer was elected as amember of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2009, sitting as part of theProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.[9] In theEuropean Parliament, he served as first vice-chair of the committee on legal affairs and as a member of the committee on culture and education beginning in 2009.[4]
Berlinguer died on 1 November 2023, at the age of 91.[10][11]
| Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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| 1963 | Chamber of Deputies | Cagliari–Sassari–Nuoro–Oristano | PCI | 16,633 |  YElected | |
| 1994 | Chamber of Deputies | Florence | PDS | 34,218 | YElected | |
| 1996 | Chamber of Deputies | Florence | PDS | 40,850 | YElected | |
| 2001 | Senate of the Republic | Tuscany –Pisa | DS | 78,361 | YElected | |
| 2009 | European Parliament | North-East Italy | PD | 81,464 | YElected | |
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In 2011, Berlinguer received by the European Parliament the MEP award in the field of culture and education.[13]
Knight Grand CrossOrder of Merit of the Italian Republic, 27 December 1992.[14]
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