Raimondo Ricci

Raimondo Ricci
Ricci in 1976.
President of ANPI
In office
17 June 2009 – 16 April 2011
Preceded byAgostino "Tino" Casali
Succeeded byCarlo Smuraglia
Member of the Senate
In office
12 July 1983 – 1 July 1987
ConstituencyLiguria
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
5 July 1976 – 11 July 1983
ConstituencyGenoa
Personal details
Born(1921-04-13)13 April 1921
Rome, Italy
Died26 November 2013(2013-11-26) (aged 92)
Genoa, Italy
Political partyItalian Communist Party
Alma materUniversity of Genoa
OccupationPolitician, lawyer

Raimondo Ricci (13 April 1921 – 26 November 2013) was an Italian politician and partisan, President of National Association of Italian Partisans from 2009 to 2011.

Biography

In 1943, after the Armistice of Cassibile, Ricci decided to join the partisans, but after a few months he was arrested by the National Republican Guard, given to the Gestapo and imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp. He was freed on 5 May 1945.[1]

Once he returned to Italy, Ricci graduated in Law and became a lawyer. He later became a city councilor in Genoa, elected with the Italian Communist Party and from 1969 he has been provincial President of ANPI in Genoa.[2]

From 1976 to 1983, for two consecutive legislatures, Ricci has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies, elected with the PCI.

In June 2002, Ricci went to Hamburg to testify in the trial against Friedrich Engel, responsible for the Nazi massacres in Liguria when he was commander of the German police in Genoa.[3]

After having been President of ANPI from 2009 to 2011, Ricci died in Genoa on 26 November 2013, at the age of 92.[4]

Electoral history

Election House Constituency Party Votes Result
1976 Chamber of Deputies Genoa–Imperia–La Spezia–Savona PCI 21,242 checkY Elected
1979 Chamber of Deputies Genoa–Imperia–La Spezia–Savona PCI 15,344 checkY Elected
1983 Senate of the Republic Liguria–Genoa II PCI 49,931 checkY Elected

References

  1. ^ "Resistenza: morto Ricci ex presidente nazionale Anpi". ANSA. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Donne e Uomini della Resistenza: Raimondo Ricci". ANPI.it. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  3. ^ "La vita in prima linea di un uomo della Repubblica". La Repubblica. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Raimondo Ricci, morto l'ex partigiano che testimoniò contro il "Boia di Genova"". Il Fatto Quotidiano. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  • Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): VII, VIII, IX legislature.