Eugenio Duca Explained

Eugenio Duca (27 February 1950 – 5 October 2021) was an Italian politician.^[1]

Biography

During the 1970s, Duca was active in a railway workers' union and served on the Permanent Maritime Commission of the Camera di Commercio, Industria, Agricoltura e Artigianato from 1978 to 1983.^[2] He served as a city councilor in Ancona from 1983 to 1997.^[2] He was elected to represent Marche in the Chamber of Deputies in 1994 and joined the coalition Alliance of Progressives.^[3] He was re-elected in 1996^[4] and 2001 as part of the coalition The Olive Tree.^[5] He served as national leader of the Democrats of the Left in the maritime economic sector until 2007.^[2]

In, Duca ran for mayor of Ancona, but earned only 5.9% of the vote.^[6]

Eugenio Duca died of a heart attack in Ancona on 5 October 2021, at the age of 71.^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: 5 October 2021. Morto ex deputato Ulivo Eugenio Duca. Italian. Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. Ancona. 7 October 2021.
2. Web site: Biografia. Sinistra per Ancona. Italian. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20211008024117/http://www.eugenioduca.org/?page_id=2#selection-79.0-79.9. 8 October 2021. 8 October 2021.
3. Web site: Camera 27/03/1994 Area ITALIA Circoscrizione MARCHE Collegio Ancona. Eligendo. Italian.
4. Web site: Camera 21/04/1996 Area ITALIA Circoscrizione MARCHE Collegio Ancona. Eligendo. Italian.
5. Web site: Camera 13/05/2001 Area ITALIA Circoscrizione MARCHE Collegio Ancona. Eligendo. Italian.
6. News: 8 June 2009. Bugaro e Gramillano al ballottaggi. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090611090642/http://ilrestodelcarlino.ilsole24ore.com/ancona/2009/06/08/188849-bugaro_gramillano_ballottaggio.shtml. 11 June 2009. Italian. Il Resto del Carlino. 7 October 2021.
7. News: 5 October 2021. Ex consigliere e candidato sindaco di Ancona, è morto Eugenio Duca: aveva 71 anni. Italian. AnconaToday. 7 October 2021.