Oddo Biasini

Oddo Biasini OMRI
Biasini in 1976
Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage
In office 4 April 1980 – 26 May 1981
Prime Minister	Francesco Cossiga Arnaldo Forlani
Preceded by	Egidio Ariosto
Succeeded by	Vincenzo Scotti
Secretary of the Italian Republican Party
In office 1975–1979
Preceded by	Ugo La Malfa
Succeeded by	Giovanni Spadolini
Member of theChamber of Deputies
In office 5 June 1968 – 1 July 1987
Constituency	Bologna
Personal details
Born	(1917-05-13)13 May 1917 Cesena,Italy
Died	8 July 2009(2009-07-08)(aged 92) Cesena,Italy
Political party	Italian Republican Party
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Florence
Profession	Politician, teacher

Oddo Biasini(13 May 1917 – 8 July 2009) was an Italian politician. He was apartisanduring theSecond World Warand a prominent member of theItalian Republican Party.

Biography

Oddo Biasini graduated in letters at theUniversity of Florencein 1940; in 1944 he was a republicanpartisantogether withLibero GualtieriandOsvaldo Abbondanza.After the war he worked as a teacher of Italian and Latin and was Principal of the scientific high school ofCesenafrom 1958 to 1968.

A trusted man of Ugo La Malfa, in the 70's he was elected national secretary of theItalian Republican Party.He was the chairman of his party's parliamentary group from 16 December 1974 to 24 February 1976 and from 15 July 1976 to 19 June 1979 and vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies from 1983 to 1987.

Between the end of the 60s and the beginning of the 70s he served as an Undersecretary for Public Education in thefirst(1968–69) andthird Rumor Cabinet(1970) and in theColombo Cabinet(1970–71).

He also served as a Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage from 1980 to 1981 in theCossiga II CabinetandForlani Cabinet.

He died on 8 July 2009.

Honours and awards

• Italy:Grand Cross Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic(12 December 1993)
• Italy:Gold Medal for the Meritorious of Culture and Art(5 August 1983)
• Italy:Gold Medal for the Meritorious of the School of Culture and Art(31 July 1973)

External links

• "Date personali e incarichi nella V legislatura".
• "Incarichi nella VI legislatura".
• "Incarichi nella VII legislatura".
• "Incarichi nella VIII legislatura".
• "Incarichi nella IX legislatura".