Pietro Ingrao

Pietro Ingrao (born March 30, 1915 in Lenola, Italy) is an Italian politician and was for many years a senior figure in the Italian Communist Party.

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March 30 - 1915 - Lenola - Italy - Italian Communist Party

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He joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1942 and took part in the anti-fascist resistance during the World War II. After the war, he led the Marxist-Leninist tendency in the party, thus representing the left wing of the PCI. This led him to frequent political differences with Giorgio Amendola, leader of the right-wing tendency.

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1942 - Anti-fascist resistance - World War II - Marxist - Leninist - Giorgio Amendola

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Ingrao was a Member of Parliament continuously from 1948 to 1994. During the 1950s he was editor-in-chief of the party newspaper, L'Unità. He was President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 1976 to 1979.

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1948 - 1994 - L'Unità - Chamber of Deputies - 1976 - 1979

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After the PCI split at the Bolognina Congress of 1991, to which he was opposed, he joined the reformist majority in the Democrats of the Left, but soon left it. After the European elections of 2004 he surprised many by joining the more hardline successor to the old PCI, the Communist Refoundation Party. Today Ingrao is considered an elder statesman of the Italian left.

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1991 - Democrats of the Left - 2004 - Communist Refoundation Party

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Ingrao has written a number of poems and political essays. His most important work is Appuntamenti di fine secolo (Rendez-vous at the end of the century), published in 1995 in collaboration with Rossana Rossanda.

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1995 - Rossana Rossanda

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