About Italo Viglianesi
Lived 1916 – 1995 (aged 78–79). Italo Viglianesi was an Italian politician and trade unionist.
Italo Viglianesi (1 January 1916 – 19 January 1995) was an Italian trade unionist politician and syndicalist.
Viglianesi was born in Caltagirone, Italy. In 1950, he was one of the founders and first general secretary of Italian Labour Union (UIL) one of the biggest Italian trade union centers. He was minister of transport from 27 March 1970 to 17 February 1972 under Mariano Rumor and Emilio Colombo cabinets representing the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). He was senator from 1963 to 1979 when he retired. He was vice-president of the Italian Senate for 1 year. He died in Rome, aged 79.
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Italian trade unionist (1916–1995)
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Italo Viglianesi was born in 1916 in Caltagirone.
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Italo Viglianesi died on 19 January 1995 in Rome.
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Italo Viglianesi was a politician and trade unionist.
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Italo Viglianesi was Italian.
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