Renato Zangheri

Renato Zangheri (8 April 1925 – 6 August 2015) was an Italian politician, who was Mayor of Bologna from 1970 to 1983 and Member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1983 to 1992.

Early life and political activity Zangheri was born in Rimini on 8 April 1925. He attended the city's classical lyceum, and was a tennis partner of Clara Petacci, mistress of Benito Mussolini, during her stays at the Grand Hotel Rimini.

Zangheri joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1944. Among his teachers were , who wrote that Zangheri had "the religious sense of culture" in a 1948 letter.

Emilio Sereni, the PCI's cultural director, had requested that Zangheri be transferred to Rome after his university studies to work in the party's cultural office, but the transfer was continually postponed and never realised. In 1962, he won a competition for the professorship of economic history at the University of Trieste, moving to Bologna in 1965 as professor of history of economic doctrine.

Among Zangheri's most popular publications is a history of Italian socialism published by Einaudi, Zangheri was for a time president of the Istituto Gramsci. the social unrest that followed the carabinieri's murder of activist Francesco Lorusso (11 March 1977), particularly through civil society. the council was recognised for its administrative efficiency. with a popular protest chant of "Zangherì, Zangherà". Zangheri joined the Democratic Party of the Left in 1991, followed by the Democrats of the Left.

Personal life and death In 1992, Zangheri married Claudia dall'Osso, who was half Zangheri's age. Zangheri had one daughter.

On 19 December 2003, Zangheri was awarded the Sigismondo d’Oro, the highest civic award offered by Rimini's municipal government.

In his later life, Zangheri lived in Imola, which he associated with Costa, who was born in the city. He developed Alzheimer's disease.

Zangheri died in Imola on 6 August 2015. Though his funeral was a private service, the city of Bologna declared a day of mourning on 8 August 2015, and the funeral chapel was opened for visits in the Sala Rossa of the city's Palazzo d’Accursio.