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Palmiro Togliatti

Palmiro Togliatti
Palmiro Togliatti Official.jpg
General Secretary of the
Italian Communist Party
In office
May 1938 – August 1964
Preceded by Ruggero Grieco
Succeeded by Luigi Longo
In office
November 1926 – January 1934
Preceded by Antonio Gramsci
Succeeded by Ruggero Grieco
Italian Minister of Justice
In office
21 June 1945 – 1 July 1946
Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi
Preceded by Umberto Tupini
Succeeded by Fausto Gullo
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
8 May 1948 – 21 August 1964
Constituency Lazio – XV
Personal details
Born (1893-03-26)26 March 1893
Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Died 21 August 1964(1964-08-21) (aged 71)
Yalta, Ukraine, Soviet Union
Nationality Italian
Political party Italian Socialist Party
(1914–1921)
Communist Party of Italy
(1921–1943)
Italian Communist Party
(1943–1964)
Spouse(s) Rita Montagnana
(1924–1948; separated)
Domestic partner Nilde Iotti (1948–1964; his death)
Relations Eugenio Giuseppe Togliatti (brother)
Maria Cristina Togliatti (sister)
Children Aldo Togliatti (1925–2011)
Marisa Malagoli
(1944–present; adopted)
Residence Modena, Emilia-Romagna
Alma mater University of Turin
Profession
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Palmiro Togliatti (Italian: [palˈmiːro toʎˈʎatti] About this sound listen ; 26 March 1893 – 21 August 1964) was an Italian politician and leader of the Italian Communist Party from 1927 until his death. He was nicknamed by his supporters Il Migliore ("The Best"). In 1930 he became a citizen of the Soviet Union.

Togliatti was a founding member of the Communist Party of Italy, and from 1927 until his death, he was the Secretary and the undisputed leader of the Italian Communist Party, except for a period from 1934 to 1938 in which he had been the representative in the Comintern, the international organization of the communist parties. After the dissolution of the Comintern in 1943 and the formation of the Cominform in 1947, he refused the post of Secretary General, offered to him directly by Stalin in 1951, preferring to remain at the head of the PCI.

From 1944 to 1945 Togliatti held the post of Deputy Prime Minister and from 1945 to 1946 he was appointed Minister of Justice in the governments that ruled Italy after the fall of Fascism. He was also a member of the Constituent Assembly of Italy.


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