Arrigo Boldrini

Arrigo Boldrini (6 September 1915 – 22 January 2008) was an Italian politician and partisan, President of National Association of Italian Partisans for almost 60 years.

Arrigo Boldrini
President of ANPI
In office 9 December 1947 – 5 February 2006
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Agostino "Tino" Casali
Member of the Senate
In office 5 July 1976 – 14 April 1994
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 25 June 1946 – 5 July 1976
Personal details
Born	(1915-09-06)6 September 1915 Ravenna, Italy
Died	22 January 2008(2008-01-22) (aged 92) Ravenna, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	PCI (1943-1991) PDS (1991-1998) DS (1998-2007)
Occupation	Politician

Biography

During the Resistance

In 1943, Boldrini joined the then clandestine Italian Communist Party and has been one of the main promoters of the Italian resistance movement in Romagna.[1] During the Resistance, Boldrini was the National Liberation Committee's reference man of Ravenna and leader of the 28th Garibaldi Brigade entitled to the partisan "Mario Gordini".[1] During the Nazi-Fascist occupation, Boldrini was always at the forefront during the liberation missions in Romagna and was nicknamed Bulow, an homage to Prussian general Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow.[2]

After the end of the war, his Brigade was accused of the massacre in 1945 of some surrendered RSI soldiers in Codevigo: he was accused by several right-wing researchers to be the principal mandator, but was completely cleared of charges by the Allied commands and italian magistrature.[3]

After the War

Boldrini has embodied the ethical and political motives behind the struggle of the Italian Resistance, becoming one of the most authoritative and credible representatives at the institutional level: after being elected to the Constituent Assembly, Boldrini became the first President of the National Association of Italian Partisans, holding this office from 1947 to 2006.[4]

Boldrini has been later elected to the Chamber of Deputies from 1948 to 1972 and to the Senate from 1972 to 1992, being a member of the Parliament uninterruptedly from 1948 to 1994.[1]

In 1991, Boldrini joined the Democratic Party of the Left, and in 1998 he joined the Democrats of the Left until he decided to leave politics in 2005.

He died in his hometown Ravenna on 22 January 2008, at the age of 92.[5]

References

1. "Arrigo Boldrini - La Storia siamo noi". LaStoriaSiamoNoi.Rai.it. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
2. "Donne e Uomini della Resistenza: Arrigo Boldrini "Bulow"". ANPI.it. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
3. "Ravenna: attacco a Boldrini, "è il boia di Codevigo"". RomagnaOggi.it. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
4. "E' morto a 92 anni Arrigo Boldrini, storico comandante partigiano". La Stampa. 22 January 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
5. "Morto il partigiano Boldrini, lo storico "comandante Bulow"". La Repubblica. 22 January 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

External links

• Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI legislature.