Aldo Aniasi

Aldo Aniasi, OMRI^[1] (31 May 1921 – 27 August 2005) was an Italian politician.

Biography

Aniasi was born in Palmanova, in Friuli. In 1943 he joined in the Brigate Garibaldi, the paramilitary wing of the Italian Communist Party into the Italian resistance. He fought in Piedmont, in Valsesia and Ossola's areas. In 1945 he was appointed briefly as liutenat for the National Liberation Committee in Milan.

After the WW2, Aniasi left the Italian Communist Party, adhering to Italian Democratic Socialist Party Aniasi was councilman of Milan from 1951 to 1967, when he became Mayor of the city after the resignation of Pietro Bucalossi. He contributed to Bucalossi's fall when he left the Demcoratic Socialist to joined in Italian Socialist Party.^[2] Mayor during the "Years of Lead", Aniasi started a discord with the prefect Libero Mazza. While Mazza supported law and order policies against the Red Brigades and terrorists, Aniasi supported the police's disarming. Aniasi was also criticized to give small relevance to the terrorism.

In 1976, he was elected in the Chamber of Deputies, whre he remained until 1994. In 1980s, he was Minister of Health in the Cossiga II and Forlani Cabinets. As Minister, he created the National Health Service.

After 1994, he left the politics until 1998, when he joined in to the Democrats of the Left, became member of its directive council. He died in Milan in 2005 and is buried at the city's Monumental Cemetery.^[3]

Notes

Cossiga II Cabinet (April–October 1980)
Russo Balzamo Scotti Giannini Capria Gaspari Colombo Rognoni Morlino La Malfa Reviglio Pandolfi Lagorio Sarti Compagna Marcora Formica Darida Bisaglia Aniasi Manca Signorello De Michelis Foschi Biasini D'Arezzo

Forlani Cabinet (1980–81)
Mazzotta Romita Scotti Darida Capria Gava Colombo Rognoni Sarti/Darida La Malfa Reviglio Andreatta Lagorio Bodrato Nicolazzi Bartolomei Formica Di Giesi Bisaglia/Pandolfi Aniasi Manca Compagna De Michelis Foschi Biasini Signorello

Spadolini I Cabinet (1981–82)
Aniasi Tesini Abis Zamberletti Schietroma Signorile Radi Colombo Rognoni Darida La Malfa Formica Andreatta Lagorio Bodrato Nicolazzi Bartolomei Balzamo Gaspari Marcora Altissimo Capria Mannino De Michelis Di Giesi Scotti Signorello

Spadolini II Cabinet (1982)
Aniasi Tesini Abis Zamberletti Schietroma Signorile Radi Colombo Rognoni Darida La Malfa Formica Andreatta Lagorio Bodrato Nicolazzi Bartolomei Balzamo Gaspari Marcora Altissimo Capria Mannino De Michelis Di Giesi Scotti Signorello