Renato Altissimo

Renato Altissimo (4 October 1940 – 17 April 2015) was an Italian politician and minister.

Renato Altissimo
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftmanship
In office 4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986
Prime Minister	Bettino Craxi
Preceded by	Filippo Maria Pandolfi
Succeeded by	Valerio Zanone
Minister of Health
In office 28 June 1981 – 4 August 1983
Prime Minister	Giovanni Spadolini Amintore Fanfani
Preceded by	Aldo Aniasi
Succeeded by	Costante Degan
In office 4 August 1979 – 4 April 1980
Prime Minister	Francesco Cossiga
Preceded by	Tina Anselmi
Succeeded by	Aldo Aniasi
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 20 June 1979 – 14 April 1994
Constituency	Turin (1979–1987) Verona (1987–1992) Rome (1992–1994)
In office 25 May 1972 – 4 July 1976
Constituency	Turin
Personal details
Born	(1940-10-04)4 October 1940 Portogruaro, Kingdom of Italy
Died	17 April 2015(2015-04-17) (aged 74) Rome, Italy
Party	Italian Liberal Party
Alma mater	University of Turin

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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).^[3]

Electoral history

Election	House	Constituency	Party		Votes	Result
1972	Chamber of Deputies	Turin–Novara–Vercelli		PLI	18,044	Y Elected
1976	Chamber of Deputies	Turin–Novara–Vercelli		PLI	9,533	N Not elected
1979	Chamber of Deputies	Turin–Novara–Vercelli		PLI	14,821	Y Elected
1983	Chamber of Deputies	Turin–Novara–Vercelli		PLI	18,447	Y Elected
1987	Chamber of Deputies	Verona–Padova–Vicenza–Rovigo		PLI	5,655	Y Elected
1992	Chamber of Deputies	Rome–Viterbo–Latina–Frosinone		PLI	22,898	Y Elected