Giuseppe Albertini

Giuseppe Albertini (29 March 1952 – 26 February 2026) was an Italian politician who served as mayor of Cento and later as a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He was an undersecretary of state for transport and navigation in the Prodi I Cabinet.

Early life Albertini was born in Cento, in the Province of Ferrara, on 29 March 1952.

Career Albertini became mayor of Cento at the age of 26 and served from 1978 to 1989.

Within party structures, he held leadership roles among socialists in Ferrara province and was provincial secretary of the Italian Socialist Party in 1988. During his parliamentary career, he served in roles connected to agricultural policy, including vice presidency of the Agriculture Commission, and as a member of the Agriculture Commission in the XIV legislature from June 2001 to April 2006. Later, he joined the reconstituted Italian Socialist Party (2007) and held roles in its national bodies.

Later life and death In later life, he withdrew from active politics because of a severe, progressive illness. He died on 26 February 2026, at the age of 73.