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{{Short description|Italian politician (1921–2005)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = 
| name             = Aldo Aniasi
| image            = Deputato_Aldo_Aniasi.jpg
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|OMRI]]
| office           = [[Italian Minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies|Minister of Regional Affairs]]
| primeminister    = [[Giovanni Spadolini]]
| term_start       = 28 June 1981
| term_end         = 1 December 1982
| predecessor      = [[Roberto Mazzotta]]
| successor        = [[Fabio Fabbri]]
| office1           = [[Italian Minister of Health|Minister of Health]]
| primeminister1    = [[Francesco Cossiga]],<br>[[Arnaldo Forlani]]
| term_start1       = 4 April 1980
| term_end1         = 26 June 1981
| predecessor1      = [[Renato Altissimo]]
| successor1        = Renato Altissimo
| office2          = [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies]]
| term_start2      = 5 July 1976
| term_end2        = 14 April 1994
| constituency2    = [[Milan]]
| office3          = [[List of mayors of Milan|Mayor of Milan]]
| term_start3      = 13 December 1967
| term_end3        = 12 May 1976
| predecessor3     = [[Pietro Bucalossi]]
| successor3       = [[Carlo Tognoli]]
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1921|5|31|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Palmanova]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2005|8|27|1921|5|31|df=y}}
| death_place      = [[Milan]], [[Italy]]             
| party            = [[Italian Communist Party|PCI]] {{small|(1943–1946)}}<br>[[Italian Democratic Socialist Party|PSDI]] {{small|(1947–1967)}}<br>[[Italian Socialist Party|PSI]] {{small|(1967–1994)}}<br>[[Democrats of the Left|DS]] {{small|(1998–2005)}}
| profession       = [[Surveyor]]
}}
'''Aldo Aniasi''', [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|OMRI]]<ref>[http://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/DettaglioDecorato.asp?idprogressivo=34400&iddecorato=33947]  [[Quirinale]] website</ref> (31 May 1921 – 27 August 2005) was an Italian politician.

==Biography==
Aniasi was born in [[Palmanova]], in [[Friuli]]. In 1943 he joined the ''[[Brigate Garibaldi]]'', the paramilitary wing of the [[Italian Communist Party]] (PCI) in the [[Italian resistance movement|Italian resistance]]. He fought in [[Piedmont]], in [[Valsesia]] and [[Ossola]]. In 1945 he was briefly the lieutenant for the [[National Liberation Committee]] in [[Milan]].

After the war Aniasi left the PCI, adhering (after 1947) to the [[Italian Democratic Socialist Party]] (PSDI). Aniasi was a councilman of Milan from 1951 to 1967, when he became [[Mayor of Milan|Mayor]] of the city following the resignation of [[Pietro Bucalossi]]; he contributed to Bucalossi's fall by leaving the PSDI to join the [[Italian Socialist Party]] (PSI).<ref>[http://www.fondazionealdoaniasi.it/home/aldo-aniasi Le tappe di una vita di impegno politico]</ref> Mayor during the "[[Years of Lead (Italy)|Years of Lead]]", Aniasi was often in disagreement with the [[prefect]] [[Libero Mazza]]: while the latter supported [[law and order (politics)|law and order]] policies against the [[Red Brigades]] and other terrorists, Aniasi supported disarming the police instead. Aniasi was also criticized for seemingly downplaying terrorism.

In 1976, he was elected to the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]], where he remained until 1994. In the 1980s, he was [[Italian Minister of Health|Minister of Health]] in the [[Cossiga II Cabinet|Cossiga II]] and [[Forlani Cabinet|Forlani]] Cabinets. As Minister, he created the [[Healthcare in Italy#National Health Service|National Health Service]].

After 1994, he left politics temporarily before joining the [[Democrats of the Left]] (DS), becoming a member of its directive council. He died in Milan in 2005 and is buried at the city's [[Cimitero Monumentale di Milano|Monumental Cemetery]].<ref>[http://www.repubblica.it/2005/h/sezioni/politica/aniasi/aniasi/aniasi.html Milano perde Aldo Aniasi sindaco socialista e partigiano]</ref>

== Electoral history ==
{|class=wikitable style="width:55%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
|-
!width=12%|Election
!width=23%|House
!width=34%|Constituency
!width=5% colspan="2"|Party
!width=12%|Votes
!width=12%|Result
|-
![[1976 Italian general election|1976]]
|[[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]]
|[[List of Italian constituencies (1946–1994)#Milan–Pavia|Milan–Pavia]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}" |
|[[Italian Socialist Party|PSI]]
|65,962
|{{tick|15}} '''Elected'''
|-
![[1979 Italian general election|1979]]
|[[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]]
|[[List of Italian constituencies (1946–1994)#Milan–Pavia|Milan–Pavia]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}" |
|[[Italian Socialist Party|PSI]]
|39,565
|{{tick|15}} '''Elected'''
|-
![[1983 Italian general election|1983]]
|[[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]]
|[[List of Italian constituencies (1946–1994)#Milan–Pavia|Milan–Pavia]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}" |
|[[Italian Socialist Party|PSI]]
|29,863
|{{tick|15}} '''Elected'''
|-
![[1987 Italian general election|1987]]
|[[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]]
|[[List of Italian constituencies (1946–1994)#Milan–Pavia|Milan–Pavia]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}" |
|[[Italian Socialist Party|PSI]]
|45,675
|{{tick|15}} '''Elected'''
|-
![[1992 Italian general election|1992]]
|[[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]]
|[[List of Italian constituencies (1946–1994)#Milan–Pavia|Milan–Pavia]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}" |
|[[Italian Socialist Party|PSI]]
|11,903
|{{tick|15}} '''Elected'''
|-
|}

== Honour ==
* {{ITA}}: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (27 December 1967)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana |url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/33947 |access-date= October 24, 2022|website=www.quirinale.it}}</ref>

==Notes==
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{{Forlani Cabinet}}
{{Spadolini I Cabinet}}
{{Spadolini II Cabinet}}
{{Mayors of Milan}}

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[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:2005 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Palmanova]]
[[Category:Ministers of health of Italy]]
[[Category:Italian resistance movement members]]
[[Category:Italian Socialist Party politicians]]
[[Category:Mayors of Milan]]
[[Category:Democrats of the Left politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian politicians]]
[[Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]]


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