Sergio Flamigni
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Sergio Flamigni is an Italian politician and writer. A member of the Italian Communist Party
(PCI), he took part in the Italian Parliament's investigative commissions on the murder of Aldo Moro, the Propaganda Due
scandal and on mafia.
and began his political activity in 1941, as a member of a clandestine group of young anti-fascists in his hometown, and subesquently entered the Communist Party. In 1943 he was named secretary of the communist youth movement in Forlì and became a member of the party's clandestine committee in the city. He fought as partisan in the Italian resistance movement
against the German occupation.
In 1952 he was appointed as secretary of CGIL (Italy's left main trade union) in Forlì, and later he became secretary of the local section of PCI. In 1959 he was elected into the party's national central committee, and, in the following year, regional coordinator for Emilia-Romagna
. He was also a member of the city council of Forlì from 1956 to 1960, and of the provincial council from 1960 until 1964.
He was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies
in 1968, remaining a member until 1979, when he became a Senator
. Flamigni worked in the Parliament's commissions on mafia, the kidnapping of Aldo Moro
and the Propaganda Due
secret lodge, and wrote several books about these arguments.
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...
(PCI), he took part in the Italian Parliament's investigative commissions on the murder of Aldo Moro, the Propaganda Due
Propaganda Due
Propaganda Due , or P2, was a Masonic lodge operating under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient of Italy from 1945 to 1976 , and a pseudo-Masonic or "black" or "covert" lodge operating illegally from 1976 to...
scandal and on mafia.
Biography
Flamigni was born in ForlìForlì
Forlì is a comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. The city is situated along the Via Emilia, to the right of the Montone river, and is an important agricultural centre...
and began his political activity in 1941, as a member of a clandestine group of young anti-fascists in his hometown, and subesquently entered the Communist Party. In 1943 he was named secretary of the communist youth movement in Forlì and became a member of the party's clandestine committee in the city. He fought as partisan in the Italian resistance movement
Italian resistance movement
The Italian resistance is the umbrella term for the various partisan forces formed by pro-Allied Italians during World War II...
against the German occupation.
In 1952 he was appointed as secretary of CGIL (Italy's left main trade union) in Forlì, and later he became secretary of the local section of PCI. In 1959 he was elected into the party's national central committee, and, in the following year, regional coordinator for Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....
. He was also a member of the city council of Forlì from 1956 to 1960, and of the provincial council from 1960 until 1964.
He was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Italian Chamber of Deputies
The Italian Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. It has 630 seats, a plurality of which is controlled presently by liberal-conservative party People of Freedom. Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. A...
in 1968, remaining a member until 1979, when he became a Senator
Italian Senate
The Senate of the Republic is the upper house of the Italian Parliament. It was established in its current form on 8 May 1948, but previously existed during the Kingdom of Italy as Senato del Regno , itself a continuation of the Senato Subalpino of Sardinia-Piedmont established on 8 May 1848...
. Flamigni worked in the Parliament's commissions on mafia, the kidnapping of Aldo Moro
Kidnapping of Aldo Moro
The kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro was a seminal event in Italian political history.On the morning of 16 March 1978, the day in which the new cabinet led by Giulio Andreotti would undergo the confidence vote at the Italian Parliament, the car of Aldo Moro, former prime minister and then...
and the Propaganda Due
Propaganda Due
Propaganda Due , or P2, was a Masonic lodge operating under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient of Italy from 1945 to 1976 , and a pseudo-Masonic or "black" or "covert" lodge operating illegally from 1976 to...
secret lodge, and wrote several books about these arguments.
Works
- La resistenza in Romagna (with Luciano Marzocchi, 1969)
- Sicurezza democratica e lotta alla criminalità (with Malagugini, Perna, Spagnoli, Terracini; 1975)
- Gastone Sozzi e il Partito Comunista in Romagna (1980)
- La tela del ragno. Il delitto Moro (1988; 5th edition 2003)
- Trame atlantiche. Storia della Loggia massonica segreta P2 (1996; second edition 2005)
- «Il mio sangue ricadrà su di loro». Gli scritti di Aldo Moro prigioniero delle Br (1997)
- Convergenze parallele. Le Brigate rosse, i servizi segreti e il delitto Moro (1998)
- Il covo di Stato. Via Gradoli 96 e il delitto Moro (1999)
- I fantasmi del passato. La carriera politica di Francesco Cossiga (2001)
- La sfinge delle Brigate Rosse. Delitti, segreti e bugie del capo terrorista Mario Moretti (2004)
- Dossier Pecorelli (2004)
- Le idi di marzo. Il delitto Moro secondo Mino Pecorelli (2006)
- Il sequestro di verità. I buchi neri del delitto Moro (with Roberto Bartali, Giuseppe De Lutiis, Ilaria Moroni, Lorenzo Ruggiero; 2008)