Pierre Carniti (25 September 1936 – 5 June 2018) was an

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politician and trade unionist. Carniti was born in

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, in the

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. He was general secretary of CISL, the major Catholic trade union federation, between 1979 and 1985. Unlike most other CISL leaders, who were aligned with

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, Carniti was a member of the

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(PSI). Carniti was president of the Parliamentary Commission on Poverty from 1994 to 1997. He was a Member of the

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from 1989 to 1999, associated with the

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. In 1993, with

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, he left the PSI to co-found the

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party

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(CS). He was also a member of

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from 1997 to 1999.

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*Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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legislature. 1936 births 2018 deaths Politicians from the Province of Cremona Italian socialists Italian Christian socialists Democratic Party of the Left MEPs MEPs for Italy 1989–1994 MEPs for Italy 1994–1999 Catholic socialists People from Castelleone {{Lombardy-politician-stub

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