Giovanni Berlinguer [SEP] date of death
Giovanni Berlinguer
Giovanni Berlinguer (; 9 July 1924 – 6 April 2015) was an Italian politician, humanist and professor of social medicine.
Life and career.
He was born in Sassari, Sardinia, the son of Mario Berlinguer. A physician and professor of public health, he worked first in social medicine at the University of Sassari (1969–1974) and then in occupational health at the University "La Sapienza" Rome (1975–1999).
Like his brother Enrico, Giovanni Berlinguer was a major figure in the Italian
Italian Communist Party)
- Giovanni Berlinguer (son of Mario Berlinguer; Member of the European Parliament)
- Luigi Berlinguer (cousin of Enrico and Giovanni Berlinguer; Italian Minister of University and Education)
- Francesco Cossiga (cousin of Enrico and Giovanni Berlinguer; President of the Italian Republic, 1985–92; Prime Minister of Italy, 1979–80)
- Antonio Segni (distant relative; President of the Italian Republic, 1962–64; Prime Minister of Italy, 1955–57 and 1959–60)
- Mariotto Segni (son of Antonio Segni