Carlo Smuraglia | |
|---|---|
 Smuraglia during the debate againstMatteo Renzi before the2016 constitutional referendum | |
| President ofANPI | |
| In office 16 April 2011 – 3 November 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Raimondo Ricci |
| Succeeded by | Carla Federica Nespolo |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 23 April 1992 – 29 May 2001 | |
| Constituency | Rho(1992–1994) Rozzano(1994–2001) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1923-08-12)12 August 1923 |
| Died | 30 May 2022(2022-05-30) (aged 98) Milan, Italy |
| Political party | PCI(until 1991) PDS(1991–1998) DS(1998–2007) |
| Alma mater | Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies University of Pisa |
| Occupation | Politician, academic, lawyer |
Carlo Smuraglia (12 August 1923 – 30 May 2022) was an Italian politician andpartisan who served as President ofNational Association of Italian Partisans from 2011 to 2017.
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Smuraglia began studying law inPisa, when in 1943, with theArmistice of Cassibile, he left the university. He refused to join theItalian Social Republic and took part instead in theItalian resistance movement joining the "Cremona" Combat Group, with which he fought againstnazi-fascists fromMarche toVenice, until theSurrender of Caserta in 1945.
Smuraglia returned to University and graduated at theSant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and at theUniversity of Pisa, beginning his political career as provincial councilor for Justice at theProvince of Pisa.[1]
He taught Labor Law in theUniversity of Milan and theUniversity of Pavia and was later elected regional councilor inLombardy and appointed President of the Regional Assembly from 1978 to 1980.[1]
From 1986 to 1990, Smuraglia has been a member of theHigh Council of the Judiciary, then led byPresidentFrancesco Cossiga.[2]
From 1992 to 2001, Smuraglia has been elected to theSenate with theDemocratic Party of the Left and was at the head of the Labour Committee of the Senate from 1994 to 2001.
From April 2011 to November 2017, Smuraglia was elected President of theNational Association of Italian Partisans.[3] In 2016, he said that ANPI would have supported "No" in occasion of the2016 constitutional referendum proposed byPrime MinisterMatteo Renzi.[4]
Smuraglia died inMilan on 30 May 2022, at the age of 98.[5]
| Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Regional Council of Lombardy | Milan | PCI | 4,770 |  YElected | |
| 1975 | Regional Council of Lombardy | Milan | PCI | 35,215 | YElected | |
| 1980 | Regional Council of Lombardy | Milan | PCI | 20,069 | YElected | |
| 1992 | Senate of the Republic | Rho | PDS | 68,443 | YElected | |
| 1994 | Senate of the Republic | Rozzano | PDS | 52,721 | YElected | |
| 1996 | Senate of the Republic | Rozzano | PDS | 67,359 | YElected | |
