Dino Sanlorenzo is an Italian

Italy

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 politician, and a member of the Italian Communist Party. He was President of the regional Council in Piemonte from 1975 until 1980 and later deputy president of the Region till 1983. He was a member of the Italian Parliament in Rome from 1983 till 1987, and was a member of the foreign policy commission.

During the years he held office, the Italian Communist Party was divided on the issue of terrorism, with some members supporting and some members condemning far-left terrorism. Dino Sanlorenzo was strong defender of the democratic system, who opposed both far-left and far-right terrorism. Within the Communist Party, he was one of the first to condemn far-left terrorism, taking a stance against the Marxist-Leninist groups. He led the fight against terrorism groups in Piemonte, Prima Linea

Prima Linea

Prima Linea was an Italian Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of the 1970s. It was formed in 1976 by members of hard-line factions within the far left, extra-parliamentary organization Lotta Continua, which disbanded that year, together with members of Potere Operaio and of other far left groups...

 and Red Brigades

Red Brigades

The Red Brigades was a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organisation, based in Italy, which was responsible for numerous violent incidents, assassinations, and robberies during the so-called "Years of Lead"...

. He collaborated with other members of the Italian Communist Party, such as Giancarlo Paietta, Piero Fassino

Piero Fassino

Pietro Franco "Piero" Fassino is an Italian politician with the Democratic Party, the current Mayor of Turin and a former national secretary of the Democrats of the Left party.-Biography:...

 and Diego Novelli, in pursuing this policy.

Even today, despite his advanced age, his is still active in conferences.

Activity

Dino Sanlorenzo never accepted the condescending expression "comrades who do wrong" (Italian: Compagni che sbagliano). His stance against terrorism induced the terrorist organizations, on July 24, 1979, to publish in the newspaper a death sentence against him from Prima Linea.
One terrorism group tried to carry out the death sentence, but a housemaid saw the armed group waiting for Sanlorenzo to return in his automobile and warned him. The ambush failed.

See also

• Terrorism in Italy from 1945 till today
  Terrorism in Italy from 1945 till today
  Terrorism in Italy from 1945 till today is a book written by Giovanni Pellegrino that discusses the political situation in Italy from the revival of democracy in 1945 till today....
  
  
• Years of lead (Italy) (1969-1989)
• Prima Linea
  Prima Linea
  Prima Linea was an Italian Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of the 1970s. It was formed in 1976 by members of hard-line factions within the far left, extra-parliamentary organization Lotta Continua, which disbanded that year, together with members of Potere Operaio and of other far left groups...
  
  
• Italian Communist Party
  Italian Communist Party
  The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...
  
  
• Democrats of the Left
  Democrats of the Left
  The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...
  
  

External links

http://www.memoro.org/it/video.php?ID=893 a clip about the condemn to dead.