Cesare Salvi (born 9 June 1948) is an

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politician who served as minister of labor and social security.

Early life

Salvi was born in

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on 9 June 1948.

Career

Salvi was the spokesperson for the secretary of the

Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left (, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy. Positioned on the centre-left, the DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger ...

(DS). He was a senator from 1992 to 2008. He was also head of the DS senators. He served as the ''relatore'' (secretary) for one of the four sub-committees (specifically one about the form of government) dealing the future form of the Italian governments under the joint constitutional committee launched during the period of 1997-1998. He was appointed labor minister to the cabinet headed by

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in June 2000. Salvi replaced

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as labor minister. He was in office until 2001. Then Salvi served as the head of the judiciary committee at the 14th senate of Italy from 30 May 2001 to 27 April 2006. He became the leader of the DS's left wing, ‘Sinistra per il Socialismo’ (Left for Socialism), in the mid-2000s.

Books

Salvi is the author of the following books: ''Il contenuto del diritto di proprietà. Artt. 832-833'' (1994; The content of the property right. Articles 832 to 833), ''La rosa rossa: Il futuro della sinistra (Ingrandimenti)'' (2000; The red rose: The Future of the Left (enlargements)) and ''La responsabilità civile'' (2005; Responsibility of Civils). He also published a book about

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in 2005, ''The Cost of Democracy''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salvi, Cesare 20th-century Italian writers 21st-century Italian writers 1948 births Democratic Party of the Left politicians Democrats of the Left politicians Ministers of labour of Italy Italian male writers Living people Members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy) People from Lecce