Lelio Lagorio (9 November 1925 – 6 January 2017) was an Italian politician who served as the first President of Tuscany from 1970 until 1978.

Biography

Lagorio was born in

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and was a member of the

Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a Socialism, socialist and later Social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the l ...

(Partito Socialista Italiano, PSI). He was

mayor of Florence The Mayor of Florence is an elected politician who, along with Florence's City Council of 36 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Florence. The title is the equivalent of Lord Mayor in the meaning of an actual executive leade ...

from 1964 to 1965, succeeding

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, and, later, the first president of the

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region (1970–1978). He was the first PSI politicians to become Minister of Defence in Italy (1980–1983); the

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occurred under his tenure. Later he was minister of Sport and Spectales (1983–1986), President of PSI's Deputies and at the

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(1986–1994) and vice-president of the Union of European Community Socialist Parties (1990–1992). Lagorio also wrote political and historical essays (including ''L'Ora di Austerlitz'', about his period as Minister of Defence), and edited the Florentine magazine '' Città & Regione''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lagorio, Lelio 1925 births 2017 deaths Presidents of Tuscany Politicians from Trieste Italian Socialist Party politicians Italian Ministers of Defence Mayors of Florence