Renato Altissimo

Renato Altissimo
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftmanship
In office 4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986
Prime Minister	Bettino Craxi
Preceded by	Filippo Maria Pandolfi
Succeeded by	Valerio Zanone
Minister of Health
In office 28 June 1981 – 4 August 1983
Prime Minister	Giovanni Spadolini Amintore Fanfani
Preceded by	Aldo Aniasi
Succeeded by	Costante Degan
In office 4 August 1979 – 4 April 1980
Prime Minister	Francesco Cossiga
Preceded by	Tina Anselmi
Succeeded by	Aldo Aniasi
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 20 June 1979 – 14 April 1994
Constituency	Turin(1979–1987) Verona(1987–1992) Rome(1992–1994)
In office 25 May 1972 – 4 July 1976
Constituency	Turin
Personal details
Born	(1940-10-04)4 October 1940 Portogruaro,Italy
Died	17 April 2015(2015-04-17)(aged 74) Rome,Italy
Political party	Italian Liberal Party

Renato Altissimo(4 October 1940 – 17 April 2015) was an Italian politician and minister.

Biography

He was born inPortogruaro,nearVenice.

Altissimo was a member of theItalian Liberal Party(Partito Liberale Italiano;PLI), a small party which served as a junior partner in several governing coalitions.

A long time follower of party leaderValerio Zanone,Altissimo served as PLI's national secretary from 1986, succeedingAlfredo Biondi.He resigned in March 1993 after being accused of implication in a corruption scandal; he denied any wrongdoing.

Altissimo was also Health Minister in the governments ofFrancesco CossigaI (1979–1980),Giovanni SpadoliniI and II (1980–1981), andAmintore FanfaniV (1982–1983). He served as Minister for Industry and Trade in the first government ofBettino Craxi(1983–1986).

Electoral history

Election	House	Constituency	Party		Votes	Result
1972	Chamber of Deputies	Turin–Novara–Vercelli		PLI	18,044	YElected
1976	Chamber of Deputies	Turin–Novara–Vercelli		PLI	9,533	NNot elected
1979	Chamber of Deputies	Turin–Novara–Vercelli		PLI	14,821	YElected
1983	Chamber of Deputies	Turin–Novara–Vercelli		PLI	18,447	YElected
1987	Chamber of Deputies	Verona–Padova–Vicenza–Rovigo		PLI	5,655	YElected
1992	Chamber of Deputies	Rome–Viterbo–Latina–Frosinone		PLI	22,898	YElected