Paolo Cabras

Paolo Cabras (16 January 1931 – 2 July 2020) was an Italian politician and surgeon.

Paolo Cabras
Senator of the Italian Republic
In office 2 July 1987 – 14 April 1994
Constituency	Lazio, Italy
Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies
In office 25 May 1972 – 1 July 1987
Constituency	Rome
Personal details
Born	(1931-01-16)16 January 1931 Rome, Italy
Died	2 July 2020(2020-07-02) (aged 89)
Political party	Christian Democracy
Profession	Surgeon, editor

Biography

Cabras was born in Rome on 16 January 1931.^[1][2] Prior to entering politics he earned a degree in medicine and surgery.^[1][2][3]

Cabras would enter politics as a member of the Christian Democracy (DC).^[4] In 1972 he entered politics as a founder of the Sunia, the National Tenants and Assignees Union.^[3] He was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1972 and remained there until 1987 when he was elected to the Italian Senate, where he sat until 1994.^[1][2]

During his second term in the Senate, during Legislature XI, he would serve as a Vice-president of the parliamentary Antimafia Commission.^[5] While on this commission, he would highlight the dangers of the Camorra to local institutions.^[6]

From 1986 to 1989 he would also serve as an editor for the DC newspaper Il Popolo.^[3]

He died on 2 July 2020.^[3][7]