Giulio Quercini (16 December 1941 – 3 October 2023) was an Italian journalist and politician. He was a member of the Parliament for the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and Democratic Party of the Left (PDS).
Giulio Quercini | |
|---|---|
 Quercini, c. 1987–1992 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 December 1941 Siena, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 3 October 2023 (aged 81) Florence, Italy |
| Political party | |
| Profession | Journalist |
Early life and education
editQuercini was born in Siena on 16 December 1941.[1] He graduated from a high school in his hometown.[2]
Career
editImmediately after his graduation Quercini got involved in politics and served as a member of the national secretariat of the Italian Communist Youth Federation, youth wing of the PCI.[2] He was also the director of the magazine Nuova Generazione in the same period.[2] He was elected as a member of the PCI's central committee in 1969.[2] He was named as the secretary of the PCI's Catania branch in 1972.[2] He became the regional secretary of the PCI in Tuscany in 1978 and was elected as a city councilor in Catania.[2]
Quercini was elected as a city councilor in Catania in May 1985 and resigned from the post on 14 May 1987.[2] Quercini was elected to the Parliament in 1987 from the Florence constituency.[2] He was the group leader of the PCI in the Parliament.[3] He continued to serve in the same post for the PSD which replaced the PCI in 1991.[1] His term at the Parliament ended in April 1992.[1]
Quercini was among the contributors of the Communist magazine Rinascita.[4]
Death
editQuercini died in Florence on 3 October 2023 at the age of 81.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Quercini, Giulio". Camera Legislature (in Italian). Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Quercini Giulio eletto nelle legislature IV,III" (in Italian). Consiglio regionale della Toscana. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ Giulio Quercini (20 September 2019). "Caro Matteo, ti ho sempre votato ma oggi non ti seguo". Libertà Eguale (in Italian). Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ Wilko Graf von Hardenberg; Paolo Pelizzari (2008). "The Environmental Question, Employment, and Development in Italy's Left, 1945-1990". Left History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Historical Inquiry and Debate. 13 (1): 29. doi:10.25071/1913-9632.24611.
- ^ "Lutto nel mondo della politica, è morto Giulio Quercini". La Nazione (in Italian). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "Firenze: morto ex segretario del Pci toscano Quercini". Firenze Post (in Italian). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.