Giancarlo Tesini

{{Short description|Italian politician (1929–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Giancarlo Tesini.jpg

| image_caption =

| office1 = Minister of Transport

| primeminister1 = Giuliano Amato

| term_start1 = 28 June 1992

| term_end1 = 28 April 1993

| predecessor1 = Carlo Bernini

| successor1 = Raffaele Costa

| office2 = State Minister for Scientific and Technological Research

| primeminister2 = Giovanni Spadolini

| term_start2 = 28 June 1981

| term_end2 = 1 December 1982

| predecessor2 = Pierluigi Romita

| successor2 = Pierluigi Romita

| office3 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies

| term_start3 = 25 May 1972

| term_end3 = 22 April 1992

| constituency3 = Bologna

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1929|2|5}}

| birth_place = Bologna, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2023|12|22|1929|2|5}}

| death_place = Bologna, Italy

| nationality = Italian

| profession = Sports manager

| party = DC

| alma_mater =

}}

Giancarlo Tesini (5 February 1929 – 22 December 2023) was an Italian Christian Democracy politician and sports director.

Tesini was a deputy from 1972 to 1992 and served as minister without portfolio for scientific and technological research in the first and second cabinet of Giovanni Spadolini and as minister of transport in the first cabinet of Giuliano Amato.

Tesini was also president of Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna and Lega Basket.[http://www.bolognatoday.it/cronaca/turrita-argento-giancarlo-tesini.html Il 5 febbraio Turrita d'Argento a Giancarlo Tesini: politico e dirigente sportivo]

Tesini died in Bologna on 22 December 2023, at the age of 94.[https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/12/22/news/morto_giancarlo_tesini_ex_ministro_dc-421729801/ Morto Giancarlo Tesini, l’ex ministro leader bolognese della Dc. Casini: “Ci lascia una lezione di stile”] {{in lang|it}}