Luigi Covatta

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| birth_date = 15 May 1943

| birth_place = Forio, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|04|18|1943|05|15}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| nationality = Italian

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| party = MPL (1969–72)
PSI (from 1972)

| office = Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

| term_start = 20 June 1979

| term_end = 11 July 1983

| constituency = Emilia-Romagna

| parliamentarygroup = Pentapartito

| office2 = Member of the Italian Senate

| term_start2 = 12 July 1983

| term_end2 = 14 April 1994

| parliamentarygroup2 = Pentapartito

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Luigi Covatta (15 May 1943 – 18 April 2021) was an Italian politician and journalist.{{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2021/04/18/news/morto_luigi_covatta_socialista_direttore_mondoperaio-296975635/|title=Morto Luigi Covatta, storico dirigente socialista e direttore di Mondoperaio|date=18 April 2021|work=La Repubblica|language=Italian}} A member of the Italian Socialist Party, he served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1979 to 1983{{cite web|url=https://storia.camera.it/deputato/luigi-covatta-19430515|title=Luigi Covatta|work=Camera dei deputati|language=Italian}} and the Senate of the Republic from 1983 to 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.senato.it/leg/09/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00000711.htm|title=Luigi COVATTA|work=Senato della Repubblica|language=Italian}}

Biography

As a student, Covatta worked for {{ill|Intesa (agreement)|it|Intesa|lt=Intesa}}. In the 1972 Italian general election, he supported {{ill|Livio Labor|it}} of the Workers' Political Movement (MPL). After a disappointing performance for the party, he joined the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). From 1979 to 1994, he served in the Italian Parliament, first in the Chamber of Deputies and subsequently in the Senate. In the 1994 Italian general election, he ran in the Pact for Italy alliance but was defeated and retired from politics.

Covatta also pursued a career in journalism, becoming political director for Mondoperaio in 2009. He also contributed to La Repubblica, Il Mattino, Avanti!, Corriere della Sera, Il Riformista, and others.

Luigi Covatta died in Rome on 18 April 2021 at the age of 77.{{cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/politica/21_aprile_18/morto-luigi-covatta-intellettuale-socialista-riformista-99a9ca6a-a03b-11eb-b0fa-564f55184e78.shtml|title=Morto Luigi Covatta, intellettuale socialista e riformista|date=18 April 2021|work=Corriere della Sera|language=Italian}}

Works

Menscevichi. I riformisti nella storia dell'Italia repubblicana (2005)
Diario della Repubblica (2006)
La legge di Tocqueville. Come nacque e come morì la riforma della prima Repubblica italiana (2007)

References

Category:1943 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:People from the Metropolitan City of Naples

Category:Italian male journalists

Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy)

Category:Members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy)

Category:Italian Socialist Party politicians