Antonio Maccanico
Antonio Maccanico | |
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Minister of Regional Affairs | |
In office 13 April 1988 – 13 April 1991 | |
Prime Minister | Ciriaco De Mita Giulio Andreotti |
Preceded by | Aristide Gunnella |
Succeeded by | Francesco D'Onofrio |
Member of the Senate of the Republic | |
In office 23 April 1992 – 14 April 1994 | |
In office 28 April 2006 – 28 April 2008 | |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 9 May 1996 – 27 April 2006 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Avellino, Italy | 4 August 1924
Died | 23 April 2013 Rome, Italy | (aged 88)
Political party | |
Pisa University | |
Antonio Maccanico (4 August 1924 – 23 April 2013) was an Italian constitutional specialist and politician who served in various capacities in the Italian Parliament and federal administrations of Italy. He was the former general secretary of the Quirinal Palace from 1978 to 1987, and was several times minister and undersecretary to the Prime Minister under Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. He was also president of Mediobanca.
Early life and education
Maccanico was born on 4 August 1924 in Avellino.[1] He graduated in law at the University of Pisa in 1946.[2][3][4]
Career
Maccanico began his career at the
In the 1970s and 1980s, Maccanico served for nine years as the general secretary in the office of the then Italian presidents
Following the resignation of Prime Minister
On 18 May 1996, Maccanico was appointed minister of post and communications to the cabinet led by Romano Prodi.[12][13] In the cabinet, he was part of the Democratic Union, to which he had established earlier in 1996.[14][15] He was the father of law no. 249 dated 31 July 1997 that was the basis of Italy's communications authority.[16] It is also called the Maccanico Law.[17] His tenure lasted until 1998.[6] In 1999, alongside Prodi, he was one of the founders of The Democrats.[4] In June 1999, he was named Minister for Institutional Reforms to the first D'Alema government, replacing Giuliano Amato in the post, and Maccanico kept the charge even in the successive governments until 2001.[4][7]
In 2001, Maccanico was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. He also oversaw the merger of The Democrats to form
In 2007, Maccanico described Italy's transformation from a proportional republic to a majoritarian one. While he said that this was not perfect, he praised the stability and alternative governments (
Death and legacy
Maccanico died in a clinic in Rome on 23 April 2013;[3][4] he was 88.[1][7] In 2014, the diaries of Maccanico edited by the historian Paolo Soddu were published under the title Con Pertini al Quirinale. Diari 1978–1985.[19]
References
- ^ a b "Morto a 88 anni l'ex ministro Antonio Maccanico". TGcom24 (in Italian). 23 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Antonio Maccanico". MediaMente. 2001. Archived from the original on 22 September 2004. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ ISSN 1120-4982. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "E' morto Antonio Maccanico. La biografia completa". Formiche.net (in Italian). 23 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Italian politician and banker Antonio Maccanico dead at 88". Gazzetta del Sud. Rome. 23 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Morto Antonio Maccanico: fu ministro e presidente di Mediobanca". Corriere del Mezzogiorno. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-925026-4– via Google Books.
- ^ Carol Diane St Louis (2011). Negotiating Change: Approaches to and the Distributional Implications of Social Welfare and Economic Reform (PhD thesis). Stanford University. p. 150. STANFORD:RW793BX2256.
- ^ Richard L. Wentworth (20 February 1996). "Its Politics in Neutral, Italy Gears for Vote". The Christian Science Monitor. Rome. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Richard L. Wentworth (20 May 1996). "One Nation Indivisible Under Prodi? Italy's New Chief Tries to Avoid Split". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ISBN 978-0-312-16359-4.
- .
- ^ Alan Friedman (27 February 1996). "Berlusconi Looks Like the Loser in Dini's Jump into Politics". The New York Times. Paris. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ISBN 978-1-84150-243-4.
- ISBN 978-1-4772-1822-8.
- ^ "Quando Maccanico diceva: 'Quo vadis senza riforma elettorale?'". Formiche.net (in Italian). 23 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- S2CID 148185445.
External links
- Media related to Antonio Maccanico at Wikimedia Commons
- Antonio Maccanico at Camera.it (in Italian)
- Antonio Maccanico at Senato.it (in Italian)