Giulio Quercini (16 December 1941 – 3 October 2023) was an Italian journalist and politician. He was a member of the

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for the

Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party (, PCI) was a communist and democratic socialist political party in Italy. It was established in Livorno as the Communist Party of Italy (, PCd'I) on 21 January 1921, when it seceded from the Italian Socialist Part ...

(PCI) and

Democratic Party of the Left The Democratic Party of the Left (, PDS) was a democratic-socialist and social-democratic political party in Italy. Founded in February 1991 as the post-communist evolution of the Italian Communist Party, the party was the largest in the A ...

(PDS).

Early life and education

Quercini was born in

Siena Siena ( , ; traditionally spelled Sienna in English; ) is a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, and the capital of the province of Siena. It is the twelfth most populated city in the region by number of inhabitants, with a population of 52,991 ...

on 16 December 1941. He graduated from a high school in his hometown.

Career

Immediately after his graduation Quercini got involved in politics and served as a member of the national secretariat of the

Italian Communist Youth Federation The Italian Communist Youth Federation (, FGCI) was the youth wing of the Italian Communist Party (''Partito Comunista Italiano''; PCI), and the direct heir of the Federazione Giovanile Comunista d'Italia of the PCd'I. In 2016 it was refounded ...

, youth wing of the PCI. He was also the director of the magazine ''Nuova Generazione'' in the same period. He was elected as a member of the PCI's central committee in 1969. He was named as the secretary of the PCI's

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branch in 1972. He became the regional secretary of the PCI in

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in 1978 and was elected as a city councilor in Catania. Quercini was elected as a city councilor in Catania in May 1985 and resigned from the post on 14 May 1987. Quercini was elected to the Parliament in 1987 from the Florence constituency. He was the group leader of the PCI in the Parliament. He continued to serve in the same post for the PSD which replaced the PCI in 1991. His term at the Parliament ended in April 1992. Quercini was among the contributors of the Communist magazine '' Rinascita''.

Death

Quercini died in

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on 3 October 2023 at the age of 81.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quercini, Giulio 20th-century Italian journalists 21st-century Italian journalists 1941 births 2023 deaths Democratic Party of the Left politicians Italian Communist Party politicians Politicians from Siena Deputies of Legislature X of Italy