Carlo Tognoli

Summary

Carlo Tognoli (16 June 1938 – 5 March 2021) was an Italian politician, who was Mayor of Milan and minister of the Italian Republic.

Carlo Tognoli
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment
In office
6 February 1990 – 28 June 1992
Prime MinisterGiulio Andreotti
Preceded byFranco Carraro
Succeeded byMargherita Boniver
Minister of Urban Areas
In office
28 July 1987 – 22 July 1989
Prime MinisterCiriaco De Mita,
Giovanni Goria
Succeeded byCarmelo Conte
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
In office
2 July 1987 – 14 April 1994
ConstituencyMilan
Member of the European Parliament
In office
24 July 1984 – 15 September 1987
ConstituencyNorth-West Italy
Mayor of Milan
In office
12 May 1976 – 21 December 1986
Preceded byAldo Aniasi
Succeeded byPaolo Pillitteri
Personal details
Born(1938-06-16)16 June 1938
Milan, Italy
Died5 March 2021(2021-03-05) (aged 82)
Milan, Italy
Political partyItalian Socialist Party

Biography edit

Tognoli was born at Milan and joined the Italian Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Italiano, or PSI) in 1958.

Elected into the Italian Chamber of Deputies, he was also Mayor of Milan from 1976 to 1986. In 1984–1987 he was also elected to the European Parliament; in the latter year, he was appointed Minister of Problems of Urban Areas in the cabinets of Giovanni Goria and Ciriaco De Mita. Later he was Minister of Tourism and Spectacles in the 6th and 7th Giulio Andreotti governments.

From 1981 to 1992 he was a journalist and director of the monthly newspaper Critica Sociale.

In 1992 he was involved in the Tangentopoli scandal together with his party colleague Paolo Pillitteri (who had been his successor as mayor of Milan). Tognoli subsequently abandoned political activity and in 1995 obtained a position in Mediobanca thanks to the intercession of Enrico Cuccia.[1]

Tognoli died in Milan on 5 March 2021, at the age of 82, from complications from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[2]

Electoral history edit

Election House Constituency Party Votes Result
1984 European Parliament North-West Italy PSI 337,408  Y Elected
1987 Chamber of Deputies Milan–Pavia PSI 112,800  Y Elected
1992 Chamber of Deputies Milan–Pavia PSI 31,216  Y Elected

References edit

  1. ^ "L'ex sindaco di Milano Carlo Tognoli: «In anni molto difficili mi è stato vicino»", Corriere della Sera archive, 24 June 2000
  2. ^ Milano, è morto l'ex sindaco socialista Carlo Tognoli: aveva 82 anni (in Italian)

External links edit

  • Online biography (in Italian)
  •   Media related to Carlo Tognoli at Wikimedia Commons