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Danilo Poggiolini
Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies
In office
12 July 1983 – 14 April 1994
ConstituencyTorino
Member of the European Parliament
In office
19 July 1994 – 19 July 1999
Personal details
Born (1932-09-15) 15 September 1932 (age 91)
Rocca San Casciano, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Political partyItalian Republican Party (1983–1993, 2001-)
Segni Pact (1993–2001)
Pact of Liberal Democrats (2003–2006)
Other political
affiliations		European People's Party (1994-1999)
European Republicans Movement (1994-2001)
ProfessionPolitician, Physician, Writer

Danilo Poggiolini (born 15 September 1932) is a physician, writer, and Italian politician. He is also the husband of politician and journalist Carla Mazzuca Poggiolini.

Biography

Poggiolini was born on 15 September 1932 in Rocca San Casciano.[1][2] He would go on to get a degree in medicine and surgery, specializing in cardiology, and would go on to become the president of the National Federation of Orders of Surgeons and Dentists (FNOMCeO ).[3][4]

After leaving office, he would retain this position and criticize Italy's public healthcare system during Mani pulite; claiming that hospital administrators were given rewards for party affiliation and not merit.[5]

Political career

Originally Poggiolini was a member of the Italian Republican Party (PRI), winning a seat for the Italian Chamber of Deputies in Torino during the 1983 elections.[6] He would hold this seat as part of the PRI through 2 more elections until 1992.[7][8] During this time he would propose several laws in Italy related to the rules and regulations of the healthcare system.[9][10]

He would go on, with his wife Carla Mazzuca Poggiolini to run under the Segni Pact, with him gaining office in the European Parliament in 1994.[3][11][12] While there he would act as Vice Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection along with serving on the EU's delegations to Russia, African, Caribbean and Pacific states (ACP), and China; the latter two he occasionally acted as Vice Chair of.[3][11][13] During his tenure there he would ally himself with the European Peoples Party.[11] He garnered much attention for his report on Alzheimer's disease to the previously mentioned committee.[13][14]

Legacy

Despite leaving office many people in Italy's health sector still remember the power he wielded, with nicknames like the "king Midas of health care," not to be confused for Dulio Poggiolini, whether for better or worse.[15]

His name would even be brought up when some of his ideas and proposals would be revived for a vote after he had already left the Chamber of Deputies.[4]

Publications

External links

References

  1. ^ "Danilo Poggiolini / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico". storia.camera.it. Italian Parliament. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  2. ^ "Buon compleanno Isabella Helfer, Giuseppe Cruciani, Cristina Chiabotto…". RomaDailyNews (in Italian). 2019-09-14. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  3. ^ a b c "Danilo POGGIOLINI | ParlTrack". 2016-02-20. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  4. ^ a b "Per l'On. Volponi i principi ispiratori della 175/92 sono più che mai attuali | Odontoiatria33". www.odontoiatria33.it (in Italian). February 18, 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  5. ^ Cowell, Alan (1994-11-08). "Italy's Public Health-Care System Is Doing Poorly". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  6. ^ "La Camera dei Deputati". legislature.camera.it. Italian Parliament. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  7. ^ "La Camera dei Deputati". legislature.camera.it. Italian Parliament. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  8. ^ "La Camera dei Deputati". legislature.camera.it. Italian Parliament. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  9. ^ "Norme in materia di espianti e di trapianti di cornea" (PDF). camera.it. Italian Parliament. July 24, 1992. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  10. ^ "Norme per la costituzione dei centri di socio-riabilitazione dei tossicodipendenti" (PDF). camera.it. Italian Parliament. October 7, 1989.
  11. ^ a b c "4th parliamentary term | Danilo POGGIOLINI | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  12. ^ Randall, Ed (2000-11-27). The European Union and Health Policy. Springer. ISBN 978-0-333-98170-2.
  13. ^ a b "ITALZ - Relazione al P.E. 26/2/96 su Alzheimer" (published February 26, 1996). March 4, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  14. ^ Weisstub, David N.; Thomasma, David C.; Gauthier, S.; Tomossy, G. F. (2013-06-29). Aging: Culture, Health, and Social Change. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-94-017-0677-3.
  15. ^ "Camera, arriva il taglio sui vitalizi: ecco quanto perdono gli ex parlamentari. I casi più eclatanti". Tiscali Notizie (in Italian). July 10, 2018. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
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