Alfredo Reichlin
{{Short description|Italian journalist and politician (1925–2017)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Alfredo Reichlin
| image = Alfredo_Reichlin_1983.jpg
| caption = Alfredo Reichlin in 1983.
| order = Member of the Chamber of Deputies
| term_start = 5 June 1968
| term_end = 14 April 1994
| constituency = Lecce (1968–1983)
Bari (1983–1994)
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1925|5|26}}
| birth_place = Barletta, Italy
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2017|3|21|1925|5|26}}
| death_place = Rome, Italy
| party = PCI {{small|(1946–1991)}}
PDS {{small|(1991–1998)}}
DS {{small|(1998–2007)}}
PD {{small|(2007–2017)}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Luciana Castellina|1953|1958|end=divorce}}
| children = 2
| nationality = Italian
| occupation = Journalist, politician
}}
Alfredo Reichlin (26 May 1925 – 21 March 2017) was an Italian journalist and politician.
Biography
When he was very young, Reichlin took part in the Italian Resistance with the Garibaldi Brigades, as a member of the Patriotic Action Groups;{{cite web|url=https://www.barlettanews.it/i-novantanni-di-alfredo-reichlin/|title=I novant'anni di Alfredo Reichlin|work=BarlettaNews.it|date=27 May 2015|access-date=18 October 2018}} captured by the fascists, Reichlin was providentially freed and saved.{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2014/12/07/news/alfredo_reichlin_la_politica_la_fa_chi_crede_in_se_stesso_su_di_me_ho_avuto_pi_di_un_dubbio-102321109/|title=Alfredo Reichlin: "La politica la fa chi crede in se stesso, su di me ho avuto più di un dubbio"|work=La Repubblica|date=7 December 2014|access-date=18 October 2018}}
In 1946, Reichlin joined the Italian Communist Party of which he has been one of the most important leaders. A pupil of Palmiro Togliatti, Reichlin has been vice-secretary of the Italian Communist Youth Federation and in 1958 he became editor-in-chief of L'Unità. In the 1960s he approached the positions of Pietro Ingrao, leader of the left-wing current of the party.
Elected to the Chamber of Deputies from 1968 to 1994, during the 1970s Reichlin entered the National Leadership of the party and worked side by side with Enrico Berlinguer and became once again editor-in-chief of L'Unità from 1977 to 1981.
In 1989, Reichlin became Minister of Economy of the Shadow Cabinet of the Italian Communist Party.{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1989/07/18/ecco-le-ombre-rosse.html|title=Ecco le Ombre Rosse|work=La Repubblica|date=18 July 1989|access-date=18 October 2018}} He has later been in favor of the party's transformation from PCI to the Democratic Party.{{cite web|url=http://www.partitodemocratico.it/gw/producer/dettaglio.aspx?ID_DOC=51813|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430204102/http://www.partitodemocratico.it/gw/producer/dettaglio.aspx?ID_DOC=51813|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 April 2009|title=Commissione Manifesto dei Valori|work=PartitoDemocratico.it|date=27 May 2008|access-date=18 October 2018}}
= Personal life =
Reichlin has been married to journalist and politician Luciana Castellina: they had two children, Lucrezia and Pietro, both of them economists.
He died in Rome on 21 March 2017, at the age of 91.{{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2017/03/21/news/alfredo_reichlin-161095456/|title=È morto Alfredo Reichlin, storico dirigente del Pci|work=La Repubblica|date=21 March 2017|access-date=18 October 2018}}
Electoral history
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| width=10%|Election
! width=20%|House ! width=40%|Constituency ! width=5% colspan="2"|Party ! width=9%|Votes ! width=22%|Result |
|---|
| 1968
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Communist Party}}" | | PCI | 90,120 | {{tick|15}} Elected |
| 1972
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Communist Party}}" | | PCI | 88,901 | {{tick|15}} Elected |
| 1976
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Communist Party}}" | | PCI | 127,937 | {{tick|15}} Elected |
| 1979
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Communist Party}}" | | PCI | 115,271 | {{tick|15}} Elected |
| 1983
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Communist Party}}" | | PCI | 116,041 | {{tick|15}} Elected |
| 1987
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Communist Party}}" | | PCI | 107,080 | {{tick|15}} Elected |
| 1992
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party of the Left}}" | | PDS | 12,539 | {{tick|15}} Elected |
References
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External links
- Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=V%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg05/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=1d4980 V], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=VI%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg06/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=1d4980 VI], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=VII%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg07/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=1d4980 VII], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=VIII%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg08/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=1d4980 VIII], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=IX%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg09/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=1d4980 IX], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=X%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg10/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=1d4980 X], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=XI%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg11/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=1d4980 XI] legislature.
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