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Luciano Lama

{{Short description|Italian trade unionist and politician (1921–1996)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Luciano Lama

| image = Luciano Lama nel 1986.jpg

| office = General Secretary of CGIL

| term_start = 24 March 1970

| term_end = 28 February 1986

| predecessor = Agostino Novella

| successor = Antonio Pizzinato

| office2 = Mayor of Amelia

| term_start2 = 17 July 1989

| term_end2 = 31 May 1996

| predecessor2 = Giulio Ippoliti

| successor2 = Fabrizio Bellini

| office3 = Member of the Senate of the Republic

| term_start3 = 2 July 1987

| term_end3 = 14 April 1994

| constituency3 = Forlì-Faenza (1987–1992)
Orvieto (1992–1994)

| office4 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies

| term_start4 = 12 June 1958

| term_end4 = 2 July 1969

| constituency4 = Bologna

| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|10|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Gambettola, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|05|31|1921|10|14|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| alma_mater = University of Florence

| party = PSI (before 1946)
PCI (1946–1991)
PDS (1991–1996)

| profession = Trade unionist, politician

}}

{{Communism in Italy|expanded=People}}

Luciano Lama (14 October 1921 – 31 May 1996) was an Italian trade unionist and politician, General Secretary of Italian General Confederation of Labour from 1970 to 1986.

Biography

= Role in the resistance =

Lama graduated in Political Sciences at the University of Florence under the name of Boris Alberti, since he had to remain anonymous because he refused to join the Republic of Salò.{{cite web|url=http://lacgilnelnovecento.blogspot.com/2014/11/il-lauretao.html|title=La CGIL nel novecento: Il laureato|work=lacgilnelnovecento.blogspot.com|date=25 November 2014|access-date=7 November 2018}} When he was very young, Lama joined the Italian Socialist Party and took part in the resistance movement, contributing to free the city of Forlì from the Nazis.{{cite web|url=http://www.anpi.it/donne-e-uomini/2041/luciano-lama|title=Donne e Uomini della Resistenza: Luciano Lama|work=ANPI.it|date=25 July 2010|access-date=7 November 2018}}

= Deputy and secretary of the CGIL =

In 1946, Lama joined the Italian Communist Party, with which he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1958, in 1963 and in 1968. He left his seat when he joined the Italian General Confederation of Labour, being elected Secretary-general of the trade union in 1970.{{cite web|url=http://www.anpi.it/donne-e-uomini/2041/luciano-lama|title=Donne e Uomini della Resistenza: Luciano Lama|work=ANPI.it|date=25 July 2010|access-date=7 November 2018}}

On 17 February 1977, Lama was violently contested at the University of Rome by a group of young people, who adhered to extra-parliamentary positions.{{cite web|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/rubriche/accadde_oggi/17_febbraio_1977_luciano_lama_contestato_sapienza-859019.html|title=17 febbraio 1977: Luciano Lama contestato alla Sapienza|work=Il Messaggero|date=11 February 2015|access-date=7 November 2018}}

In January 1978, in an assembly at the EUR in Rome, Lama proposed to the workers a politics of sacrifice, aimed at healing the Italian economy.{{cite web|url=http://espresso.repubblica.it/opinioni/questa-settimana/2014/09/24/news/tutto-comincio-con-luciano-lama-1.181529|title=Tutto cominciò con Luciano Lama|work=L'Espresso|date=24 September 2014|access-date=7 November 2018}} At the end of his secretary, in 1986, the CGIL was strengthened in terms of political influence as it became the main point of reference for most of the employees.{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1986/02/28/addio-di-lama-alla-sua-cgil.html|title=L'addio di Lama alla sua CGIL|work=La Repubblica|date=28 February 1986|access-date=7 November 2018}}

= Senator =

In 1987, Lama was elected with the Communist Party to the Senate and was re-elected in 1992 with the Democratic Party of the Left. From 9 July 1987 to 14 April 1994, Lama was appointed Vice-president of the Senate.{{cite web|url=http://www.anpi.it/donne-e-uomini/2041/luciano-lama|title=Donne e Uomini della Resistenza: Luciano Lama|work=ANPI.it|date=25 July 2010|access-date=7 November 2018}}

= Mayor experience and death =

In 1989, Lama was elected Mayor of Amelia, a town in the province of Terni, and was re-elected in 1994, when he became the first Mayor elected directly by the people of Amelia, receiving support by the whole Alliance of Progressives.{{cite web|url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/1994/06/13/Politica/AMMINISTRATIVE-AD-AMELIA-LA-SPUNTA-LUCIANO-LAMA_175100.php|title=Amministrative: ad Amelia la spunta Luciano Lama|work=Adnkronos|date=13 June 1994|access-date=7 November 2018}}

Lama died in office on 31 May 1996, at the age of 74, after a long illness.{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1996/06/01/grazie-ho-avuto-una-vita-piena.html?ref=search|title='Grazie, ho avuto una vita piena...'|work=La Repubblica|date=1 June 1996|access-date=7 November 2018}} He is now buried in the Verano Cemetery.{{cite web|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/rubriche/accadde_oggi/17_febbraio_1977_luciano_lama_contestato_sapienza-859019.html|title=17 febbraio 1977: Luciano Lama contestato alla Sapienza|work=Il Messaggero|date=11 February 2015|access-date=7 November 2018}}

Electoral history

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width=12%|Election

!width=23%|House

!width=34%|Constituency

!width=5% colspan="2"|Party

!width=12%|Votes

!width=12%|Result

1958

|Chamber of Deputies

|Bologna–Ferrara–Ravenna–Forlì

|bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Communist Party}}" |

|PCI

|32,699

|{{nowrap|{{tick|15}} Elected}}

1963

|Chamber of Deputies

|Bologna–Ferrara–Ravenna–Forlì

|bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Communist Party}}" |

|PCI

|26,332

|{{nowrap|{{tick|15}} Elected}}

1968

|Chamber of Deputies

|Bologna–Ferrara–Ravenna–Forlì

|bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Communist Party}}" |

|PCI

|25,513

|{{nowrap|{{tick|15}} Elected}}

1987

|Senate of the Republic

|Emilia-Romagna – Forlì-Faenza

|bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Communist Party}}" |

|PCI

|63,037

|{{tick|15}} Elected

1992

|Senate of the Republic

|Umbria – Orvieto

|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party of the Left}}" |

|PDS

|19,974

|{{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=III%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg03/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d200493 III], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=IV%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg04/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d200493 IV], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=V%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg05/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d200493 V], [http://www.senato.it/leg/10/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00001286.htm X], [http://www.senato.it/leg/11/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00001286.htm XI] legislature

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Category:1921 births

Category:1996 deaths

Category:Italian Socialist Party politicians

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Category:Italian trade unionists

Category:Democratic Party of the Left politicians

Category:People from Gambettola