Renzo Imbeni (12 October 1944 – 22 February 2005) was an Italian politician,

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from 1983 to 1993.

Biography

Imbeni graduated in Economics at the

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and in 1972 he was elected Secretary of the Italian Communist Youth Federation, the youth association of the

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. From 1976 to 1983, Imbeni was the city secretary of the

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, until he was appointed

after the resignation of his predecessor Renato Zangheri who was elected to the

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. Imbeni's administration dealt with the consequences of the Years of Lead attacks in

, pursuing the idea of the city as a "happy island" during very difficult times. Imbeni upheld the rights of

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and

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, arguing that democracy should be based on differences and the plurality of voices. From 1989 to 2004, Imbeni has been elected to the

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, serving as vice-president of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2004. Imbeni died on 22 February 2005 at the age of 60, after a long illness.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Imbeni, Renzo 1944 births 2005 deaths Politicians from Modena Italian Communist Party politicians Democratic Party of the Left politicians Democrats of the Left politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Mayors of Bologna