Umberto Terracini
Umberto Terracini | |
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Ex officio)[1] | |
Member of the Constituent Assembly | |
In office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948 | |
Constituency | Genoa |
Personal details | |
Born | Genoa, Kingdom of Italy | 27 July 1895
Died | 6 December 1983 Rome, Italy | (aged 88)
Political party | Italian Communist Party |
Spouse | |
Alma mater | University of Turin |
Umberto Elia Terracini (27 July 1895 – 6 December 1983) was an Italian politician.
Biography
Early years
Terracini was born in
Before the beginning of World War I, he approached the Italian Socialist Party and in 1913 he was enrolled in the Faculty of Law of the University of Turin.[4] Terracini immediately expressed his opposition to Italy's entry into the war. After a pacifist rally he held on 15 September 1916 he was arrested and sentenced to a month in prison. After release he was drafted and sent to the front in 1917 near Montebelluna.[5]
After the war, Terracini resumed his studies graduating in 1919 and began his career as a lawyer.
Constituent Assembly
Terracini was elected Deputy and vice-president of the
Later years
Terracini was favourable to the alliance with the socialists in the Popular Democratic Front, and after the shooting on Togliatti in July 1948, he presented a no-confidence motion to the government led by the Christian Democracy, which he believes has the moral and political responsibility on the attack to the Communist leader.[citation needed]
Terracini was very critical with
Terracini confirmed his seat in the
During the 1970s he was very critical of the Historic Compromise between the Communist Party and the Christian Democracy.
Terracini died in Rome on 6 December 1983, at the age of 88.[2]
Electoral history
Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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1946 | Constituent Assembly | Genoa–Imperia–La Spezia–Savona | PCI | 73,186 | Elected | |
1953 | Senate of the Republic | Liguria – Genoa I | PCI | 47,172 | Elected | |
1958 | Senate of the Republic | Tuscany – Livorno | PCI | 68,314 | Elected | |
1963 | Senate of the Republic | Tuscany – Livorno | PCI | 82,715 | Elected | |
1968 | Senate of the Republic | Tuscany – Florence II | PCI | 87,809 | Elected | |
1972 | Senate of the Republic | Tuscany – Livorno | PCI | 103,322 | Elected | |
1976 | Senate of the Republic | Tuscany – Livorno | PCI | 113,894 | Elected | |
1979 | Senate of the Republic | Tuscany – Livorno | PCI | 110,930 | Elected | |
1983 | Senate of the Republic | Tuscany – Livorno | PCI | 108,661 | Elected |
References
- ^ As a member of the Constituent Assembly, he was automatically nominated senator.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ a b "senato.it - Scheda di attività di Umberto TERRACINI - IX Legislatura". www.senato.it. Italian Senate. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-21748-4.
- ^ Agosti, Aldo (2019). "TERRACINI, Umberto in "Dizionario biografico"". treccani.it (in Italian).
- ^ a b Sansonetti, Piero (29 August 2020). "Le strane teorie del Fatto per giustificare il referendum: dalla dittatura all'abolizione del senato in Francia e Germania". Il Riformista (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8020-4456-3.
- ISBN 978-1-4039-6153-2.
- ^ Cangini, Andrea (28 August 2020). "REFERENDUM, PERCHÉ NO/-23. M5S vuole un potere legislativo usurpato dall'esecutivo (di A. Cangini)". L'HuffPost (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ Bertossi, Erika (1 September 2020). "Referendum taglio dei parlamentari, i NO: "La riforma agevolerebbe le formazioni politiche più potenti"". BolognaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ L'Unità, 5 November 1956, page 7.
External links
- Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): Constituent Assembly
- Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, Legislature