Pier Luigi Romita

Pier Luigi Romita (27 July 1924 – 23 March 2003) was an Italian politician who was several time minister of the Italian Republic.

Biography

Romita was born in Turin, the son of Giuseppe Romita, a long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Italiano, PSI) and Minister of the Interior in 1946. During the Fascist period, he followed the father into confinement in the islands of Ustica and Ponza, and then at Veroli. In 1933 the family moved to Rome.

In 1942, aged 19, he entered PSI and later took part to Italian resistance movement, part of partisan bands operating in the Colli Albani. In 1947 he graduated in engineering and later taught Hydraulics in the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Milan. In 1958, at the death of his father, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Italian Socialist Democratic Party (Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano, PSDI), being confirmed until the XI legislature (1992-1994)

His first government positions were as undersecretary for Public Works (1963-1966), Education (1966-1968 and 1970-72) and Interiors (1968-1969). Romita was subsequently three times Minister of Scientific Research in the Andreotti II (1972-1973), Forlani (1980-1981) and Fanfani V (1982-1983) Cabinets. In 1983-1984 he was also Minister of Regional Affairs (1983-1984) and Public Balance (1984-1987), respectively in the first and second Craxi governments.

Romita was national secretary of PSDI, succeeding Giuseppe Saragat, from 1976 to 1978. In 1989 he left the party and, together with Pietro Longo, he founded UDS (Moviment of Unity and e Socialist Democracy), later merged into PSI. He was Minister of Comunitary Policies in the Andreotti VII Cabinet Ministro. After the disbandment of PSI, he entered the newly formed Italian Socialists and then, from 1997, the Democratic Party of the Left.

Romita died at Milan in 2003.

Preceded by Giuseppe Saragat	Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party 1976–1978	Succeeded by Pietro Longo

Andreotti II Cabinet (1972–1973)

Taviani Caiati Sullo Bergamasco Romita Gava Medici Rumor Gonella Taviani Valsecchi Malagodi Tanassi Scalfaro Gullotti Natali Bozzi Gioia Ferri Gaspari Matteotti Lupis Ferrari Aggradi Coppo Badini Confalonieri

Forlani Cabinet (1980–1981)

Mazzotta Romita Scotti Darida Capria Gava Colombo Rognoni Sarti/Darida La Malfa Reviglio Andreatta Lagorio Bodrato Nicolazzi Bartolomei Formica Di Giesi Bisaglia/Pandolfi Aniasi Manca Compagna De Michelis Foschi Biasini Signorello

Fanfani V Cabinet (1982–1983)

Fabbri Romita Biondi Fortuna Schietroma Signorile Abis Colombo Rognoni Darida Bodrato Forte Goria Lagorio Falcucci Nicolazzi Mannino Casalinuovo Gaspari Pandolfi Altissimo Capria Di Giesi De Michelis Scotti Vernola Signorello

Craxi I Cabinet (1983–1986)

Forlani Romita/Vizzini Granelli Forte/Fortuna Scotti/Zamberletti Biondi/Valerio Zanone Gaspari De Vito Mammì Andreotti Scalfaro Martinazzoli Longo/Craxi/Romita Visentini Goria Spadolini Falcucci Nicolazzi Pandolfi Signorile Gava Altissimo Degan Capria Carta Darida De Michelis Gullotti Lagorio

Craxi II Cabinet (1986–1987)

Forlani Vizzini Granelli Fabbri Zamberletti Gaspari De Vito Mammì Andreotti Scalfaro Rognoni Romita Visentini Goria Spadolini Falcucci Nicolazzi Pandolfi Signorile Gava Zanone Donat-Cattin Formica Degan Darida Gullotti De Michelis Capria De Lorenzo

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