Gino Giugni (1 August 1927 – 5 October 2009) was an Italian academic and politician. He served as the minister of labor and social security in the period 1993–1994.

Gino Giugni
Minister of Labor and Social Security
In office
28 April 1993 – 10 May 1994
Prime MinisterCarlo Azeglio Ciampi
Preceded byNino Cristofori
Succeeded byClemente Mastella
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
14 April 1994 – 8 May 1996
Member of the Senate
In office
12 July 1983 – 14 April 1994
Personal details
Born(1927-08-01)1 August 1927
Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Died5 October 2009(2009-10-05) (aged 82)
Rome, Italy
Political party
  • PSI (until 1994)
  • SI (1994-1996)
  • DS (2000-2005)
  • SDI (2005-2007)
  • PD (2007-2009)
Alma materUniversity of Genoa
ProfessionUniversity professor

Early life and education

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Giugni was born in Genoa on 1 August 1927.[1][2] He graduated from the University of Genoa in 1949 receiving a degree in law.[3]

Career

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Giugni was an expert on labour law.[4] He began his career as a professor at the University of Bari.[5] In 1968 he and Tiziano Treu founded the Italian Industrial Relations Research Association.[6] Giugni became the head of the national commission charged with drafting the workers' statute that passed in 1970.[7] He served as the director of the legislative office of the ministry of labour in the early 1980s. He also contributed to the economic agreement dated 22 January 1983.[8] The same year he became a member of the Italian senate, being a representative of the Italian Socialist Party.[9] He was reelected to the senate in 1987.[9]

From April 1993 to May 1994 Giugni served as the minister of labor and social security in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.[9] From 1994 to 1996 he was a member of the Italian parliament for the Progressive Left.[3] Following his retirement from politics he returned to his teaching post and taught labor law-related courses at Sapienza University of Rome and at LUISS.[1][10] He also taught at the various universities, including Nanterre University, Paris University, UCLA, Buenos Aires University and Columbia University.[11] He served as the president of the Italian Association of Labour Law and Safety.[12] He was also a member of the Academy of Europe.[10] He published articles in the Italian daily La Repubblica and the monthly Il Mulino.[12]

Works

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Giugni was one of the leading Italian scholars who developed connections between labor relations and sociology.[13] He is the author of several books, including the following: Introduzione allo studio dell'autonomia collettiva (1960), Il sindacato fra contratti e riforme (1972), Lavoro, legge, contratti (1989) and L'intervista Fondata sul lavoro? (1994).[12][14]

Assassination attempt

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Giugni was wounded in legs in an attack in Rome on 3 May 1983 when he was teaching at the university and serving as the director at the ministry of labor.[8][15][16] The attack occurred after Giugni left his office at the university.[8] Perpetrators, one man and a woman, have not been identified and arrested.[8] A group linked to the Red Brigades claimed the responsibility of the attack.[17]

Death

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Giugni died in Rome on 5 October 2009 after long illness.[10][11] He was 82.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b Serena Uccello (5 October 2009). "È morto Gino Giugni, il padre dello Statuto dei lavoratori". Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Gino Giugni". Italian Senate (in Italian). Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Gino Giugni, "father" of the State Employees". Italian Entertainment News. 5 October 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  4. ^ Roberto Pedersini (28 March 1998). "Report assesses July 1993 tripartite agreement". eironline. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  5. ^ Silvana Sciarra (December 2009). "Gino Giugni Viaggiatore". Sociologia del Diritto. 36 (3): 199. doi:10.3280/SD2009-003011.
  6. ^ "International conference in commemoration of Prof. Marco Biagi". University of Modena. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  7. ^ Claire Kilpatrick (2001). "Gender Equality: A Fundamental Dialogue". In Silvana Sciarra (ed.). Labour Law in the Courts: National Judges and the European Court of Justice. Oxford; Portland, OR: Hart Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-84113-024-8.
  8. ^ a b c d "Terrorism in Italy. An Update Report, 1983-1985" (PDF). Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism. October 1985.
  9. ^ a b c d "Addio a Gino Giugni". Corriere Della Sera. 5 October 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  10. ^ a b c "Gino Giugni". Academy of Europe. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Announcement by the Secretary General" (PDF). International Society for Labour and Social Security Law (125): 1. September–October 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2021.
  12. ^ a b c "Gino Giugni". MediaMente. 11 June 1996. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  13. ^ Ferdinando Fasce (December 1986). "American Labor History, 1973-1983: Italian Perspectives". Reviews in American History. 14 (4): 599. doi:10.2307/2702203. JSTOR 2702203.
  14. ^ Bill Wedderburn (2010). "Gino Giugni 1927–2009". Industrial Law Journal. 39 (1): 1. doi:10.1093/indlaw/dwp030.
  15. ^ Sarah Delaney (21 May 1999). "Killing Raises Italian Terrorism Specter". The New York Times. Rome. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  16. ^ Anna Cento Bull; Philip Cooke (2013). Ending Terrorism in Italy. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-135-04080-2.
  17. ^ "Terrorists wound law professor". Gadsden Times. 4 May 1983. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
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