Salvatore Lauricella

Salvatore Lauricella
Minister for Scientific Research
In office 13 December 1968 – 5 August 1969
Prime Minister	Mariano Rumor
Preceded by	Leopoldo Rubinacci
Succeeded by	Arnaldo Forlani
Minister of Public Works
In office 27 March 1970 – 17 February 1972
Prime Minister	Mariano Rumor Emilio Colombo
Preceded by	Lorenzo Natali
Succeeded by	Mario Ferrari Aggradi
In office 7 July 1973 – 23 November 1974
Prime Minister	Mariano Rumor
Preceded by	Antonino Pietro Gullotti
Succeeded by	Pietro Bucalossi
President of the ARS
In office 21 June 1981 – 16 June 1991
Preceded by	Michelangelo Russo
Succeeded by	Paolo Piccione
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 16 May 1963 – 14 April 1994
Constituency	Palermo-Agrigento
Personal details
Born	(1922-05-18)18 May 1922 Ravanusa, Sicily, Italy
Died	7 November 1996(1996-11-07) (aged 74) Catania, Sicily, Italy
Political party	Christian Democracy
Profession	Politician

Salvatore Lauricella (18 May 1922 – 7 November 1996) was an Italian attorney, politician, and chairman of the Italian Socialist Party.^[1][2]

He was the father of Giuseppe Lauricella, deputy of the Democratic Party.

Biography

After obtaining a diploma from the "Pitagora" high school in Crotone,^[3] he graduated in law practicing the profession of lawyer, following in the footsteps of his father Giuseppe. In 1946, supported by the Italian Socialist Party, he became mayor of the country at the young age of 24. He was confirmed in this office for fourteen terms, until 1990, thus becoming one of the most enduring mayors of Italy.

He was regional secretary of the PSI in Sicily, as well as creator and promoter of the first center-left government in Italy, which was formed in the Sicilian Region through the agreement of the Christian Democracy of Giuseppe D'Angelo.

He was a national deputy from 1963, to 1981 and then from 1992 to 1994, in 1968 he became Minister for Scientific Research. In 1970 he became Minister of Public Works, in the Rumor and Colombo governments, and remained in office until 1974.

Within the PSI he joined the faction of Francesco De Martino. In 1976 he was among the candidates for the secretary of the PSI but eventually became the vice of Bettino Craxi; two years later he became the President of the PSI. In 1981 he left the national parliament and was elected regional deputy in Sicily. For two terms (1981 – 1991) he was president of the Sicilian Regional Assembly.

In 1992 he returned to the Chamber and in March 1994, after the Mani Pulite investigation and the crumbling of the PSI, he retired to private life.

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