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| birth_place = Portogruaro, Italy20151710df=y}}| death_place = Rome, ItalyItalian nationality law>Italian| party = Italian Liberal Party}}Renato Altissimo (4 October 1940 – 17 April 2015) was an Italian politician and minister.

Biography

He was born in Portogruaro, near Venice.Altissimo was a member of the Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano; PLI), a small party which served as a junior partner in several governing coalitions.NEWS, Amid Scandal, Italy’s Premier Faces Chaos in Parliament,pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60214043.html?dids=60214043:60214043&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+1993&author=WILLIAM+D.+MONTALBANO&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Amid+Scandal%2C+Italy’s+Premier+Faces+Chaos+in+Parliament&pqatl=google, Los Angeles Times, March 17, 1993, May 27, 2011, A long time follower of party leader Valerio Zanone, Altissimo served as PLI’s national secretary from 1986, succeeding Alfredo Biondi. He resigned in March 1993 after being accused of implication in a corruption scandal; he denied any wrongdoing.NEWS, Another Italian leader quits amid scandal,news.google.com/newspapers?id=MKldAAAAIBAJ&pg=3737,2510886&dq=renato-altissimo&hl=en, Observer-Reporter, March 17, 1993, May 27, 2011, Altissimo was also Health Minister in the governments of Francesco Cossiga I (1979–1980), Giovanni Spadolini I and II (1980–1981), and Amintore Fanfani V (1982–1983). He served as Minister for Industry and Trade in the first government of Bettino Craxi (1983–1986).NEWS, Hijack handling causes Italy crisis,news.google.com/newspapers?id=3T1fAAAAIBAJ&pg=5318,5590659&dq=renato-altissimo&hl=en, St. Joseph Gazette, October 16, 1985, May 27, 2011,

Electoral history {|classwikitable style@width:55%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid”

!width=12%|Election!width=23%|House!width=31%|Constituency!width=5% colspan=“2“|Party!width=12%|Votes!width=15%|Result!1972Chamber of Deputies (Italy)>Chamber of DeputiesList of Italian constituencies (1946–1994)#Turin–Novara–Vercelli>Turin–Novara–VercelliItalian Liberal Party}}” |Italian Liberal Party>PLI|18,04415}} Elected!1976Chamber of Deputies (Italy)>Chamber of DeputiesList of Italian constituencies (1946–1994)#Turin–Novara–Vercelli>Turin–Novara–VercelliItalian Liberal Party}}” |Italian Liberal Party>PLI|9,53315}} Not elected!1979Chamber of Deputies (Italy)>Chamber of DeputiesList of Italian constituencies (1946–1994)#Turin–Novara–Vercelli>Turin–Novara–VercelliItalian Liberal Party}}” |Italian Liberal Party>PLI|14,82115}} Elected!1983Chamber of Deputies (Italy)>Chamber of DeputiesList of Italian constituencies (1946–1994)#Turin–Novara–Vercelli>Turin–Novara–VercelliItalian Liberal Party}}” |Italian Liberal Party>PLI|18,44715}} Elected!1987Chamber of Deputies (Italy)>Chamber of DeputiesList of Italian constituencies (1946–1994)#Verona–Padova–Vicenza–Rovigo>Verona–Padova–Vicenza–RovigoItalian Liberal Party}}” |Italian Liberal Party>PLI|5,65515}} Elected!1992Chamber of Deputies (Italy)>Chamber of DeputiesList of Italian constituencies (1946–1994)#Rome–Viterbo–Latina–Frosinone>Rome–Viterbo–Latina–FrosinoneItalian Liberal Party}}” |Italian Liberal Party>PLI|22,89815}} Elected

References

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