Luigi Pintor (politician, born 1925)
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ConstituencyFlorence
ConstituencyCagliari
Born18 September 1925
Rome, Italy
Died17 May 2003 (aged 77)
Rome, Italy
Luigi Pintor | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 2 July 1987 – 22 April 1992 | |
| Constituency | Florence |
| In office 4 June 1968 – 24 May 1972 | |
| Constituency | Cagliari |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 September 1925 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 17 May 2003 (aged 77) Rome, Italy |
| Party | PCI (1948–1969) PdUP (1974–1984) Independent Left (1987–1992) |
| Occupation | Journalist, politician |
Luigi Pintor (18 September 1925 – 17 May 2003) was an Italian politician and journalist.
After spending his childhood in Cagliari and acquiring the gymnasium license, at the outbreak of World War II Pintor left Sardinia to reach Rome with his mother and two sisters,[1] where, shortly after, he learned of his father's death.[2]
He joined the Italian resistance movement in 1943 as a member of the Patriotic Action Groups, after learning that his brother Giaime was killed after stepped on a mine.[2] On 14 May 1944, Pintor was arrested by the fascists, tortured and imprisoned at Regina Coeli, waiting for a death sentence; luckily, Pintor was freed one month later during the Liberation of Rome.[3]
