Cesare Salvi

Salvi was the spokesperson for the secretary of the Democrats of the Left (DS).^[3] He was a senator from 1992 to 2008.^[1] He was also head of the DS senators.^[4]

He served as the relatore (secretary) for one of the four sub-committees (specifically one about the form of government) dealing with the future form of the Italian governments under the joint constitutional committee launched during the period of 1997-1998.^[5] He was appointed labor minister to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Giuliano Amato in June 2000.^[6] Salvi replaced Antonio Bassolino as labor minister.^[7] He was in office until 2001.

Then, Salvi served as the head of the judiciary committee at the 14th Senate of Italy from 30 May 2001 to 27 April 2006.^[1][8] He became the leader of the DS's left wing, ‘Sinistra per il Socialismo’ (Left for Socialism), in the mid-2000s.^[9]

Salvi is the author of the following books: Il contenuto del diritto di proprietà. Artt. 832-833 (1994; The content of the property right. Articles 832 to 833), La rosa rossa: Il futuro della sinistra (Ingrandimenti) (2000; The red rose: The Future of the Left (enlargements)) and La responsabilità civile (2005; Civil Responsibility).^[10] He also published a book about cronyism in 2005, The Cost of Democracy.^[11]

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