Giovanni Pieraccini

Giovanni Pieraccini (25 November 1918 – 14 July 2017) was an Italian journalist and socialist politician who was a member of the Italian Socialist Party. Starting his political career in 1948, Pieraccini served in different cabinet posts in the period 1963–1974.

Early life and education Pieraccini was born in Viareggio on 25 November 1918. He was given the name of his father who had died before his birth.

Pieraccini completed his high school education at the Carducci gymnasium in Viareggio. Pieraccini participated in the resistance forces in Florence after 8 September 1943. He was appointed minister of public works to the first cabinet of Prime Minister Aldo Moro in December 1963 and was in office until 23 July 1964. Pieraccini served as the president of the Assitalia insurance company in 1983 and president of the SEC Naval Shipyard in Viareggio. In 1986 he founded an organization with Jean-Marie Drot called RomaEuropa which initiated the Romaeuropa Festival, a cultural festival.

Death Pieraccini died in Viareggio on 14 July 2017 at the age of 98.