Emilio Suardi

Emilio Suardi (1 April 1905 – 4 February 1983) was an Italian politician and partisan.

Life and career Born in Romano di Lombardia, in the province of Bergamo, in 1905, he started working at a young age as a laborer at the Breda workshops and immediately became interested in politics, joining the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1925.

Notoriously anti-fascist, he was fired for his beliefs in 1930 and emigrated to France, settling in Paris under a false identity. In 1936, he left for Spain as a volunteer in the Garibaldi Battalion, fighting against the Francoist regime alongside Spanish partisans on the Madrid front. He was also an instructor of the 45th division and commissioner of the XII "Garibaldi" brigade. In February 1939, he was arrested by French police during an attempt to return to Paris: released, he moved to Grenoble.

In 1954, he was transferred to Rome as a member of the party's Central Committee, where he remained until 1967. Returning to Lombardy for health reasons, he held various positions for the party at the local level. He died in his hometown on 4 February 1983.