Aldo Aniasi
OMRI
Minister of Regional Affairs
In office
28 June 1981 – 1 December 1982
Prime MinisterGiovanni Spadolini
Preceded byRoberto Mazzotta
Succeeded byFabio Fabbri
Minister of Health
In office
4 April 1980 – 26 June 1981
Prime MinisterFrancesco Cossiga,
Arnaldo Forlani
Preceded byRenato Altissimo
Succeeded byRenato Altissimo
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
In office
5 July 1976 – 14 April 1994
ConstituencyMilan
Mayor of Milan
In office
13 December 1967 – 12 May 1976
Preceded byPietro Bucalossi
Succeeded byCarlo Tognoli
Personal details
Born(1921-05-31)31 May 1921
Palmanova, Italy
Died27 August 2005(2005-08-27) (aged 84)
Milan, Italy
Political partyPCI (1943–1946)
PSDI (1947–1967)
PSI (1967–1994)
DS (1998–2005)
ProfessionSurveyor

Aldo Aniasi, OMRI[1] (31 May 1921 – 27 August 2005) was an Italian politician.

Biography

Aniasi was born in Palmanova, in Friuli. In 1943 he joined the Brigate Garibaldi, the paramilitary wing of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in the Italian resistance. He fought in Piedmont, in Valsesia and Ossola. In 1945 he was briefly the lieutenant for the National Liberation Committee in Milan.

After the war Aniasi left the PCI, adhering (after 1947) to the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI). Aniasi was a councilman of Milan from 1951 to 1967, when he became Mayor of the city following the resignation of Pietro Bucalossi; he contributed to Bucalossi's fall by leaving the PSDI to join the Italian Socialist Party (PSI).[2] Mayor during the "Years of Lead", Aniasi was often in disagreement with the prefect Libero Mazza: while the latter supported law and order policies against the Red Brigades and other terrorists, Aniasi supported disarming the police instead. Aniasi was also criticized for seemingly downplaying terrorism.

In 1976, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, where he remained until 1994. In the 1980s, he was Minister of Health in the Cossiga II and Forlani Cabinets. As Minister, he created the National Health Service.

After 1994, he left politics temporarily before joining the Democrats of the Left (DS), becoming a member of its directive council. He died in Milan in 2005 and is buried at the city's Monumental Cemetery.[3]

Electoral history

Election House Constituency Party Votes Result
1976 Chamber of Deputies Milan–Pavia PSI 65,962 checkY Elected
1979 Chamber of Deputies Milan–Pavia PSI 39,565 checkY Elected
1983 Chamber of Deputies Milan–Pavia PSI 29,863 checkY Elected
1987 Chamber of Deputies Milan–Pavia PSI 45,675 checkY Elected
1992 Chamber of Deputies Milan–Pavia PSI 11,903 checkY Elected

Honour

Notes

  1. ^ [1] Quirinale website
  2. ^ Le tappe di una vita di impegno politico
  3. ^ Milano perde Aldo Aniasi sindaco socialista e partigiano
  4. ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
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