Salvatore Lauricella Explained

Salvatore Lauricella
Office:Minister for Scientific Research
Primeminister:Mariano Rumor
Term Start:13 December 1968
Term End:5 August 1969
Predecessor:Leopoldo Rubinacci
Successor:Arnaldo Forlani
Office1:Minister of Public Works
Primeminister1:Mariano Rumor
Emilio Colombo
Term Start1:27 March 1970
Term End1:17 February 1972
Predecessor1:Lorenzo Natali
Successor1:Mario Ferrari Aggradi
Primeminister2:Mariano Rumor
Term Start2:7 July 1973
Term End2:23 November 1974
Predecessor2:Antonino Pietro Gullotti
Successor2:Pietro Bucalossi
Office3:President of the ARS
Term Start3:21 June 1981
Term End3:16 June 1991
Predecessor3:Michelangelo Russo
Successor3:Paolo Piccione
Office4:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start4:16 May 1963
Term End4:14 April 1994
Constituency4:Palermo-Agrigento
Birth Date:1922 5, df=y
Birth Place:Ravanusa, Sicily, Italy
Death Place:Catania, Sicily, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Profession:Politician
Party:Christian Democracy

Salvatore Lauricella (18 May 1922 – 7 November 1996) was an Italian attorney, politician, and chairman of the Italian Socialist Party.[1] [2]

He was the father of Giuseppe Lauricella, deputy of the Democratic Party.

Biography

After obtaining a diploma from the "Pitagora" high school in Crotone,[3] he graduated in law practicing the profession of lawyer, following in the footsteps of his father Giuseppe. In 1946, supported by the Italian Socialist Party, he became mayor of the country at the young age of 24. He was confirmed in this office for fourteen terms, until 1990, thus becoming one of the most enduring mayors of Italy.

He was regional secretary of the PSI in Sicily, as well as creator and promoter of the first center-left government in Italy, which was formed in the Sicilian Region through the agreement of the Christian Democracy of Giuseppe D'Angelo.

He was a national deputy from 1963, to 1981 and then from 1992 to 1994, in 1968 he became Minister for Scientific Research. In 1970 he became Minister of Public Works, in the Rumor and Colombo governments, and remained in office until 1974.

Within the PSI he joined the faction of Francesco De Martino. In 1976 he was among the candidates for the secretary of the PSI but eventually became the vice of Bettino Craxi; two years later he became the President of the PSI. In 1981 he left the national parliament and was elected regional deputy in Sicily. For two terms (1981 – 1991) he was president of the Sicilian Regional Assembly.

In 1992 he returned to the Chamber and in March 1994, after the Mani Pulite investigation and the crumbling of the PSI, he retired to private life.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profilo Deputato Lauricella Salvatore. Assemblea Regionale Siciliana. 2 February 2017. Italian.
  2. Web site: Salvatore Lauricella commemorato a Palazzo dei Normanni. Sicilian Formazioni. 2 February 2017.
  3. https://www.ilcrotonese.it/una-piazza-bellusci-proprio-dentro-il-suo-liceo/ Una piazza per Bellusci proprio dentro il suo liceo