Emilio Lussu
Emilio Lussu | |
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Lussu in 1950s as senator | |
| Minister for Post-War Assistance | |
| In office 21 June 1945 – 10 December 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Ferruccio Parri |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Luigi Gasparotto |
| Member of te Senate of the Republic | |
| In office 25 June 1953 – 4 June 1968 | |
| Constituency | Sardinia |
| In office 8 May 1948 – 24 June 1953 (Ex officio) | |
| Member of the Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948 | |
| Constituency | Cagliari |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 June 1921 – 9 November 1926 | |
| Constituency | Sardinia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 December 1890 Armungia, Italy |
| Died | 5 March 1975 (aged 84) Rome, Italy |
| Political party | PSd'Az (1921–1929) GeL (1929–1943) PdA (1943–1947) PSI (1947–1964) PSIUP (1964–1972) |
| Other political affiliations | PSd'AzS |
| Spouse | Joyce Lussu (1939–1975; his death) |
| Children | Giovanni Lussu |
| Residence(s) | Cagliari (1910s–1960s) Rome (1960s–1972) |
| Occupation | Politician, writer, journalist, soldier |
Emilio Lussu (4 December 1890 – 5 March 1975) was a Sardinian and Italian writer, anti-fascist intellectual, military officer, partisan, and politician. He is also the author of the novel One Year on the High Plateau. Lussu was elected multiple times to Parliament, serving as a member of the Constituent Assembly of Italy for the constituency of Cagliari and twice as a minister. He founded the Sardinian Action Party and co-founded the Justice and Freedom movement. As an anti-fascist, he was assaulted, wounded, and sent to confinement to Lipari in the Aeolian Islands by the Italian fascist regime as a direct decision of Benito Mussolini. After escaping, with Carlo Rosselli and Fausto Nitti, he spent about fourteen years as a refugee abroad. He served as an officer in World War I, where he received multiple decorations, and participated in the Spanish Civil War as a political leader and in the Italian Resistance.