Marco Pannella
Marco Pannella | |
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| President of the Transnational Radical Party | |
| In office 1 January 1989 – 19 May 2016 | |
| Succeeded by | vacant |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 17 July 1979 – 14 July 2009 | |
| Constituency | North-West Italy (1979–1989; 1994–2009) Southern Italy (1989–1994) |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 5 July 1976 – 14 April 1994 | |
| Constituency | Turin (1976–1979; 1992–1994) Naples (1979–1983) Milan (1983–1987) Palermo (1987–1992) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Giacinto Pannella 2 May 1930 Teramo, Italy |
| Died | 19 May 2016 (aged 86) Rome, Italy |
| Political party | PLI (1945–1955) Radical Party (1955–1989) Pannella List (1992–1999) Bonino List (1999–2004) Italian Radicals (2001–2016) |
| Domestic partner(s) | Mirella Parachini (1974–2016; his death) |
| Alma mater | University of Urbino |
| Profession | Journalist |
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Marco Pannella (born Giacinto Pannella; 2 May 1930 – 19 May 2016) was an Italian politician, journalist and activist. He was well known in his country for his nonviolence and civil rights' campaigns, like the right to divorce, the right to abortion, the legalization of cannabis and the abolition of nuclear power. Internationally, he supported human rights and self-determination causes, like the Tibetan independence and campaign against persecution of Christians in Vietnam.
He was the historic leader of the Radical Party, the first political organization of Italian Radicals in the post-World War II period, founded in 1955. Between 1979 and 2009, he was a Member of the European Parliament, where he sat as a full member in the Committee on Legal Affairs, in the Committee on Budgetary Control and in the Delegation for relations with Israel. He was also President of the Nonviolent Radical Party.
He is considered to have been a left-libertarian and liberal socialist.