Lorenzo Acquarone
Lorenzo Acquarone | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 14 April 1994 – 27 April 2006 | |
| Constituency | Liguria |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 2 July 1987 – 14 April 1994 | |
| Constituency | Liguria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 February 1931 Ventimiglia, Imperia, Italy |
| Died | 24 March 2020 (aged 89) Genoa, Italy |
| Cause of death | COVID-19 |
| Political party | DC (till 1994) PPI (1994-2002) The Daisy (2002-2003) UDEUR (2003-2006) |
| Alma mater | University of Genoa |
| Occupation | Lawyer, academic, politician |
Lorenzo Acquarone (25 February 1931 – 24 March 2020) was an Italian lawyer and politician.
Biography
Born in Ventimiglia on February 25, 1931, Acquarone graduated in law and became a lawyer.[1][2][3] He would go on to become a Professor in 1961, and from 1966 to 2006 was a faculty member of the University of Genoa.[4]
Acquarone entered politics as a member of the Christian Democrats, as a Senator in the Italian Senate between 1987 and 1994.[5] Following his career in the Senate, he became a leader of the Italian People's Party with whom he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, where he served from 1994 to 2006.[3][6] In 2002 he participated in the formation of the new political entity called the "Margherita" or Democracy is Freedom - The Daisy, but in September 2003 decided to leave the party to join the Popular-UDEUR.[3]
Acquarone died at the age of 89 on March 24, 2020, due to COVID-19, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[2][4]
Honors
| Date | Country | Decoration | |
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| 6 October 1978 | Italy | 
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Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[7] |
| 1 June 2007 | Italy | 
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Italian Medal of Merit for Culture and Art[8] |
| 12 December 2007 | Italy | 
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Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[9] |
External links
- Italian Senate Page
- Italian Parliament Page
- Italian Chamber of Deputies Page Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
References
- ^ "Lorenzo Acquarone / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico". storia.camera.it. Italian Parliament. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
- ^ a b PREVE, MARCO (2020-03-24). "Coronavirus, è morto a Genova il professor Lorenzo Acquarone". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-10-02.
- ^ a b c Pastorino, Luca (March 25, 2020). "Addio a Lorenzo Acquarone, decano degli avvocati della Liguria". GenovaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- ^ a b "Coronavirus, è morto a Genova il professor Lorenzo Acquarone". Telenord (in Italian). March 25, 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- ^ "senato.it - Scheda di attività di Lorenzo ACQUARONE - X Legislatura". www.senato.it. Italian Senate. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- ^ "Camera dei Deputati - XIV legislatura - Deputati - La scheda personale". legxiv.camera.it. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
- ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- ^ "Presidenza della Repubblica citation" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it (in Italian). December 27, 2007. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
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