Roberto Barzanti (born 24 January 1939 in
Monterotondo Marittimo
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) is an Italian politician.
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Member of the ]Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity
The Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (''Partito Socialista Italiano di Unità Proletaria'', PSIUP) was a political party in Italy, active from 1964 to 1972.
History
The PSIUP was formed on 12 January 1964 by a leftist section of ...
, Barzanti was elected Mayor of Siena on 2 December 1969.
He joined the Italian Communist Party
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in 1974 and was elected at the European Parliament
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in 1984, serving for three legislatures ( II, III, IV).[ He was ]Vice-President of the European Parliament
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Role
Vice-presidents are members of the Bureau (European P ...
from 4 January 1992 to 18 July 1994.[
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Honour
* : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (28 july 2010)
See also
*1984 European Parliament election
The 1984 European Parliament election was the first since the inaugural election of 1979 and the 1981 enlargement of the European Community to include Greece. It was also the last before the accession of Spain and Portugal in 1986.
Results sh ...
*1989 European Parliament election
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*1994 European Parliament election
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This election saw the merge of the European People's Party and European Democrats, an increase in the overall numbe ...
* List of mayors of Siena
References
External links
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1939 births
Living people
Mayors of Siena
Democratic Party (Italy) politicians
Democrats of the Left politicians
Democratic Party of the Left politicians
Italian Communist Party politicians
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity politicians
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa alumni
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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