Antonio Maccanico

Antonio Maccanico (4 August 1924 – 23 April 2013) was an Italian constitutional specialist and politician who served in various capacities in the Italian Parliament and federal administrations of Italy. He was the former general secretary of the Quirinal Palace from 1978 to 1987, and was several times minister and undersecretary to the Prime Minister under Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. He was also president of Mediobanca.

Early life and education Maccanico was born on 4 August 1924 in Avellino. He graduated in law at the University of Pisa in 1946.

Career Maccanico began his career at the Chamber of Deputies as a referendary in June 1947 during the Constituent Assembly of Italy period. He succeeded Enrico Cuccia in the aforementioned post. Maccanico was appointed Minister for Regional Affairs and Institutional Problems on 13 April 1988, and was in office until 13 April 1991; He was elected a member of the Senate of the Republic on 6 April 1992 for the Italian Republican Party and served in the post until 1994. Maccanico strongly argued that all parties should agree on the required reforms before the formation of the government. To overcome the television problem, Telecom Italia presented an ambitious project for cabling Italian cities that would have allowed cable transmission, thus overcoming the reservations expressed by the Constitutional Court of Italy on over-the-air television broadcasts; the government attempt failed due to the almost complete opposition of the opposing parliamentary groups. In the cabinet, he was part of the Democratic Union, to which he had established earlier in 1996. He was the father of law no. 249 dated 31 July 1997 that was the basis of Italy's communications authority. It is also called the Maccanico Law. His tenure lasted until 1998. In 2008, he did not run for re-election as a deputy.

Electoral history ElectionHouseConstituencyPartyVotesResult 1992 Senate of the Republic Lombardy – Milan I PRI 9,618 Elected 1996 Chamber of Deputies Avellino Ulivo 43,045 Elected 2001 Chamber of Deputies Avellino Ulivo 36,935 Elected 2006 Senate of the Republic Campania DL – Elected