Luciano Lama | |
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: | 14 October 1921 |
Birth Place: | Gambettola, Italy |
Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
Alma Mater: | University of Florence |
Party: | PSI (before 1946) PCI (1946–1991) PDS (1991–1996) |
Profession: | Trade unionist, politician |
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.
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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
Lama died in office on 31 May 1996, at the age of 74, after a long illness.[9] He is now buried in the Verano Cemetery.[10]
width=12% | Election | width=23% | House | width=34% | Constituency | width=5% colspan="2" | Party | width=12% | Votes | width=12% | Result |
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1958 | Chamber of Deputies | Bologna–Ferrara–Ravenna–Forlì | PCI | 32,699 | |||||||
1963 | Chamber of Deputies | Bologna–Ferrara–Ravenna–Forlì | PCI | 26,332 | |||||||
1968 | Chamber of Deputies | Bologna–Ferrara–Ravenna–Forlì | PCI | 25,513 | |||||||
1987 | Senate of the Republic | Emilia-Romagna – Forlì-Faenza | PCI | 63,037 | Elected | ||||||
1992 | Senate of the Republic | Umbria – Orvieto | PDS | 19,974 | Elected | ||||||