Loris Fortuna
Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies
In office 31 July 1985 – 5 December 1985
Prime Minister	Bettino Craxi
Preceded by	Francesco Forte
Succeeded by	Fabio Fabbri
Minister for the Coordination of Civil Protection
In office 1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983
Prime Minister	Amintore Fanfani
Preceded by	Giuseppe Zamberletti
Succeeded by	Vincenzo Scotti
Member of theChamber of Deputies
In office 16 May 1963 – 5 December 1985
Constituency	Udine
Personal details
Born	(1924-01-22)22 January 1924 Breno, Lombardy, Italy
Died	5 December 1985(1985-12-05) (aged 61) Rome,Lazio, Italy
Political party	PCI (1946–1956) PSI (1957–1985)
Alma mater	University of Bologna
Profession	Politician, lawyer

Loris Fortuna (22 January 1924 – 5 December 1985) was an Italianleft-wing politician.^[1]

Born inBreno,province of Brescia, he was apartisan duringWorld War II, and initially joined theItalian Communist Party (PCI), leaving it in 1956, andcrossing the floor to theItalian Socialist Party (PSI), after theanti-Soviet revolts in Hungary were suppressed by theSovietRed Army. His first ran in elections in 1963; two years later, he promoted, as first signer, the law ondivorce, but he then decided not to submit it to the examination on Parliament.

In 1970, however, Fortuna decided to finally present his proposal of law, together withliberal colleagueAntonio Baslini, gaining support from the PCI, the PSI, the PSDI, the PSIUP, the PRI and the PLI, but opposed by theChristian Democratic Party. TheRadical Party and the left-leaning Lega Italiana per il Divorzio (LID) supported the law outside Parliament. The law, which legalized and regulated divorce in Italy, was then approved on 1 December 1970. This law is known as "Fortuna–Baslini law".^[2]

In 1974, The Christian Democrats tried to repeal it via anational referendum, but failed, with 59.3% of Italians favourable to maintain the law on divorce. During the referendum campaign, Fortuna bound up with Radical leaderMarco Pannella, and then joined his party, but continuing to be member of the Socialist Party. The support by the leftist parties, most notably the PCI, was instrumental in preserving the Divorce Law.

Subsequently, Fortuna was a strong supporter and promoter also for the law onabortion, which was depenalized in 1978 and survived to anotherreferendum in 1981. He died inRome, soon after having askedBettino Craxi for an electoral alliance between the PSI and the Radicals.

In 2005, the name of Loris Fortuna came back to national political scene, following the formation of theRose in the Fist, an electoral alliance including Radicals and Socialists, and openly based on the principles ofJosé Luis Zapatero,Tony Blair and Fortuna himself.

Election	House	Constituency	Party		Votes	Result
1963	Chamber of Deputies	Udine–Belluno–Gorizia		PSI	7,120	YElected
1968	Chamber of Deputies	Udine–Belluno–Gorizia		PSI	14,781	YElected
1972	Chamber of Deputies	Udine–Belluno–Gorizia		PSI	16,077	YElected
1976	Chamber of Deputies	Udine–Belluno–Gorizia		PSI	16,549	YElected
1979	Chamber of Deputies	Udine–Belluno–Gorizia		PSI	10,743	YElected
1983	Chamber of Deputies	Udine–Belluno–Gorizia		PSI	11,447	YElected

• 1924 births
• 1985 deaths
• Politicians from the Province of Brescia
• Italian abortion-rights activists
• Italian resistance movement members
• Italian Communist Party politicians
• Italian Socialist Party politicians
• 20th-century Italian politicians

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