Luigi Cacciatore

Cacciatore was born in Mercato San Severino, near Salerno, on 26 July 1900.^[1] From 1922 he worked in the building trade unions.^[1] In 1925 he was arrested by the Fascist regime due to his activities.^[1] After the end of the Fascist rule he involved in politics.^[1] In the first meeting of the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity in Naples on 20 December 1943 he was elected to its National Council representing the province of Salerno.^[1] He was appointed minister of posts and communications to the third cabinet of Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi in 1947.^[2] Then Cacciatore joined the Italian Socialist Party.^[1] He was elected to the Italian Parliament from Benevento and represented the party at the parliament between 1 June 1948 to 17 August 1951.^[3] He died in Rome on 17 August 1951.^[3] Spencer M. Di Scala argues that the death of Cacciatore weakened the Italian Socialist Party.^[4]