Lucio Abis

{{Infobox officeholder

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| image = Lucio abis.jpg

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| office1 = Minister for Parliamentary Relations

| primeminister1 = Amintore Fanfani

| term_start1 = 1 December 1982

| term_end1 = 4 August 1983

| predecessor1 = Luciano Radi

| successor1 = Oscar Mammì

| office2 = Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies

| primeminister2 = Giovanni Spadolini

| term_start2 = 28 June 1981

| term_end2 = 1 December 1982

| predecessor2 = Vincenzo Scotti

| successor2 = Alfredo Biondi

| office3 = President of Sardinia

| term_start3 = 2 February 1970

| term_end3 = 5 November 1970

| predecessor3 = Giovanni Del Rio

| successor3 = Antonio Giagu Demartini

| office4 = Member of the Senate

| term_start4 = 25 May 1972

| term_end4 = 14 April 1994

| constituency4 =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1926|2|24}}

| birth_place = Oristano, Sardinia, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2014|12|20|1926|2|24}}

| death_place = Oristano, Sardinia, Italy

| nationality = Italian

| profession = Politician, teacher

| party = DC

| alma_mater =

| name = Lucio Abis

| birth_name = Lucio Gustavo Abis}}

Lucio Abis (24 February 1926 – 20 December 2014) was an Italian politician from Oristano who was part of the Christian Democrats.[http://www.cagliaripad.it/news.php?page_id=13832 Addio all’ex senatore Dc Lucio Abis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222131327/http://www.cagliaripad.it/news.php?page_id=13832|date=22 December 2014}} {{in lang|it}}{{Cite web|title=Scheda di attività di Lucio Abis - VI Legislatura

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Biography

Abis was born 24 February 1926 in Oristano. Prior to entering politics he was a teacher.{{Cite web|date=20 December 2019|title=Apre la nuova piazza delle Case minime, sarà intitolata a Lucio Abis|url=https://www.linkoristano.it/prima-categoria/2019/12/20/apre-la-nuova-piazza-delle-case-minime-sara-intitolata-lucio-abis/|access-date=8 September 2020|website=LinkOristano.it|language=it}}{{Cite book|author=Luca Lecis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2u_eDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT205|title=Dalla ricostruzione al piano di rinascita: Politica e società in Sardegna nell'avvio della stagione autonomistica (1949-1959)|year=2017

|page=205|location=Milan|publisher=Franco Angeli Edizioni|isbn=978-88-917-4815-7|language=it}}

He joined the Christian Democracy in 1950. In 1952 he was elected municipal councilor of Villaurbana, of which he was also mayor from 1956 to 1963.{{cite web|title=Lucio Abis|url=http://www.regione.sardegna.it/j/v/20?c=6213&n=1&na=1&s=1&v=9|work=Sardinia Regional Council|access-date=13 June 2013}} He was regional councilor of Sardinia from 1957 to 1972, assessor for labor and education from 1963 to 1967 and assessor for the Renaissance from 1967 to 1969. He served as president of the Sardinia region from February to November 1970,{{Cite book

|author=John Da Graça|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M0YfDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA486|title=Heads of State and Government

|year=2017|publisher=St Martin's Press|isbn=978-1-349-65771-1|page=486|location=New York}} then, from 1971 to 1972, he served again as assessor (agriculture and forests). He was Senator of the Republic for six legislatures, from April 1972 to March 1994, always elected in the constituency of Oristano.

Abis served as undersecretary for the Treasury (first and second Moro government, third Andreotti government), as undersecretary for Budget and Economic Planning (fourth and fifth Andreotti government, first and second Cossiga government, Forlani government), as minister for the coordination of community policies (first and second Spadolini government),{{Cite book|author1=Francesco Francioni|author2=Giovanni Grottanelli de' Santi

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tFBRAQAAIAAJ|title=National and Supranational Powers in the Shaping of Community Policies: Proceedings of the Siena-Bonn Seminar, March-June 1983|year=1984|publisher=Giuffrè|isbn=978-88-14-00333-2}} and as minister for relations with the Parliament (fifth Fanfani government).{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gg0wAQAAMAAJ|title=Italy|year=1983

|publisher=Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Information and Copyright Service}} Finally, he was president of the Parliamentary Budget and Treasury Committee of the Senate in the XI legislature (1992–94).

Abis died on 20 December 2014 at the age of 88.{{Cite web|date=26 December 2019

|title=Oristano, una piazza dedicata a Lucio Abis|website=L'Unione Sarda.it|language=it|access-date=8 September 2020

|url=https://www.unionesarda.it/articolo/politica/2019/12/26/oristano-una-piazza-per-lucio-abis-1-968736.html}}{{cite news|title=E' morto l'ex senatore Lucio Abis|access-date=22 December 2014|work=La Nuova|date=21 December 2014|url=http://lanuovasardegna.gelocal.it/oristano/cronaca/2014/12/21/news/e-morto-l-ex-senatore-lucio-abis-1.10539163|language=it}}

Legacy

Abis's hometown Oristano honored him by creating and naming a public square, the Piazza Lucio Abis. This square was made due to his prominent career and key role in establishing the Province of Oristano in 1974.