Fabio Mussi, Former Prodi Government Minister, Dies

Fabio Mussi, a veteran figure of Italy’s left and a former minister in Romano Prodi’s government, has died at Rome’s Sant’Eugenio Hospital. Avs announced his death, saying Mussi had remained an active leader of Sinistra Italiana Avs.

Born in Piombino in 1948, Mussi entered the Italian Communist Party’s Central Committee at a young age. He served in parliament from 1992 to 2008 with the PDS and Democrats of the Left, led the PDS-Ulivo parliamentary group in 1996 and became deputy speaker of the Chamber of Deputies in 2001.

His political and journalistic career also included serving as deputy editor of Rinascita and joint editor of L’Unità. Mussi did not join the Democratic Party when the DS dissolved. Instead, he helped establish first Sinistra Democratica and later Sinistra Italiana.

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Fabio Mussi, a refined and curious intellectual.

Nicola Fratoianni described Mussi as “a refined and curious intellectual.” In a Facebook tribute, the Avs leader recalled his sharp irony, powerful rhetoric and intense interest in politics. Fratoianni said Mussi had joined the PCI in 1965, served five parliamentary terms and later became minister of universities and research in Prodi’s second government.

Fratoianni also remembered Mussi’s role in drafting the political theses and introductory report for Sinistra Italiana’s founding congress in 2017. He said Mussi’s work reflected a persistent search for an alternative. Mussi underwent a double kidney transplant in 2008. His family will announce details of the final farewell in the coming hours.

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