Antonio Palandri

Geo Antonio Palandri (3 March 1925 – 23 November 2003) was an Italian politician and trade unionist.

A member of the Italian Communist Party, he served as vice-president of the Province of Grosseto from 1960 to 1967, as President of the same province from 1967 to 1970, and as member of the Regional Council of Tuscany from 1970 to 1975.

Life and career After completing elementary school, Palandri grew up in the mining environments between Boccheggiano and Montieri, working as a laborer until the immediate post-war period. From 1949 to 1951, he served as secretary of the miners' union and later became secretary of the provincial CGIL and the Confederation of Labor in Grosseto.

A member of the Italian Communist Party (PCI), he became part of the provincial federation's governing council and later served as vice-president of the Province of Grosseto from 1960, under the presidency of socialist Mario Ferri. In 1967, with the exit of the Italian Socialist Party from the majority, Palandri was elected president of the province, a position he held until 1970.

He died in Grosseto at the age of 78 on 23 November 2003.