biography
| name: |
di Vittorio, Giuseppe
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pronunciation:
[dee vitohrioh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1892–1957)
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| biography:
| Italian politician and trade unionist, born in Cerignola, Puglia, SE Italy. He became a trade union organizer (1911), a socialist deputy (1921), and a communist (1924). Sentenced to 12 years by a Fascist tribunal, he escaped to France. He then organized the International Brigades in Spain and was extradited to Italy and jailed. He became secretary-general of CGIL (Confedrazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro) from 1945 to 1957 and president of the World's Trade Unions Federation from 1949, as well as a deputy in the Italian parliament. |
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