23 Facts About Antonio Maccanico

Antonio Maccanico was an Italian constitutional specialist and politician who served in various capacities in the Italian Parliament and federal administrations of Italy.

Antonio Maccanico was the former general secretary of the Quirinal Palace from 1978 to 1987, and was several times minister and undersecretary to the Prime Minister under Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.

Antonio Maccanico graduated in law at the University of Pisa in 1946.

Antonio Maccanico worked in different commissions in the lower house of the Italian Parliament, and was a member of the Action Party.

Antonio Maccanico later joined the Italian Communist Party, which he left in 1956 after the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

In 1962, Antonio Maccanico was appointed Head of the Legislative Office of the Ministry of the Budget by the Italian Republican Party leader Ugo La Malfa, who had taken office as minister.

Antonio Maccanico returned to the Chamber of Deputies and in 1964 became Director of the Commission Service.

Antonio Maccanico was appointed Deputy General Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies in 1972 and General Secretary on 22 April 1976.

Antonio Maccanico was the president of Italian investment bank Mediobanca from 1987 to 1988; it was privatized during his term.

Antonio Maccanico was appointed Minister for Regional Affairs and Institutional Problems on 13 April 1988, and was in office until 13 April 1991; ultimately, no significant institutional reforms were developed during his tenure.

Antonio Maccanico was elected a member of the Senate of the Republic on 6 April 1992 for the Italian Republican Party and served in the post until 1994.

Antonio Maccanico was the undersecretary of state of the presidency of the cabinet in the Ciampi government from 29 April 1993 to 9 May 1994.

Antonio Maccanico strongly argued that all parties should agree on the required reforms before the formation of the government.

Antonio Maccanico was elected deputy on 21 April 1996, being part of Romano Prodi's list, from the constituency of Campania 2.

On 18 May 1996, Antonio Maccanico was appointed minister of post and communications to the cabinet led by Romano Prodi.

In June 1999, he was named Minister for Institutional Reforms to the first D'Alema government, replacing Giuliano Amato in the post, and Antonio Maccanico kept the charge even in the successive governments until 2001.

In 2001, Antonio Maccanico was elected to the Chamber of Deputies.

Antonio Maccanico oversaw the merger of The Democrats to form The Daisy.

In 2006, Antonio Maccanico was elected for the fourth time to the Italian Parliament with The Daisy in Campania.

In 2007, Antonio Maccanico described Italy's transformation from a proportional republic to a majoritarian one.

Antonio Maccanico called the Italian electoral law of 2005, which returned to a more proportional system, a "monstrous electoral law".

Antonio Maccanico died in a clinic in Rome on 23 April 2013; he was 88.

In 2014, the diaries of Antonio Maccanico edited by the historian Paolo Soddu were published under the title Con Pertini al Quirinale.