biography
| name: |
Pannella, Giacinto
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known as Marco
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pronunciation:
[panayla]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1930– )
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| biography:
| Italian politician, born in Teramo, Abruzzo-Molise, E Italy. A founder of the Partito Radicale (Radical Party) in 1956, he is best known for leading a number of civil rights campaigns, including those for divorce and abortion. He has been a deputy of the European Parliament since 1979 and supported the transformation of the Radical Party into a ‘transnational’ party. He failed to be re-elected in 1994 and 1996 in spite of working closely with the Polo delle Libertà. |
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