Emilio Lussu

Emilio Lussu
Lussu in 1950s as senator
Minister for Post-War Assistance
In office 21 June 1945 – 10 December 1945
Prime Minister	Ferruccio Parri
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Luigi Gasparotto
Member of te Senate of the Republic
In office 25 June 1953 – 4 June 1968
Constituency	Sardinia
In office 8 May 1948 – 24 June 1953 (Ex officio)[1]
Member of the Constituent Assembly
In office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948
Constituency	Cagliari
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 11 June 1921 – 9 November 1926
Constituency	Sardinia
Personal details
Born	4 December 1890 (1890-12-04) Armungia, Italy
Died	5 March 1975 (1975-03-06) (aged 84) Rome, Italy
Political party	PSd'Az (1921–1929) GeL (1929–1943) PdA (1943–1947) PSI (1947–1964) PSIUP (1964–1972)
Other political affiliations	PSd'AzS
Spouse	Joyce Lussu (1939–1975; his death)
Children	Giovanni Lussu
Residence(s)	Cagliari (1910s–1960s) Rome (1960s–1972)
Occupation	Politician, writer, journalist, soldier

Emilio Lussu (4 December 1890 – 5 March 1975) was a Sardinian and Italian writer, anti-fascist intellectual, military officer, partisan, and politician. He is also the author of the novel One Year on the High Plateau. Lussu was elected multiple times to Parliament, serving as a member of the Constituent Assembly of Italy for the constituency of Cagliari and twice as a minister. He founded the Sardinian Action Party and co-founded the Justice and Freedom movement. As an anti-fascist, he was assaulted, wounded, and sent to confinement to Lipari in the Aeolian Islands by the Italian fascist regime as a direct decision of Benito Mussolini. After escaping, with Carlo Rosselli and Fausto Nitti, he spent about fourteen years as a refugee abroad. He served as an officer in World War I, where he received multiple decorations, and participated in the Spanish Civil War as a political leader and in the Italian Resistance.^[2]