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Achille Occhetto

Italian politician (born 1936)

Summary

Italian politician (born 1936)

Field	Value
name	Achille Leone Occhetto
image	Achille_Occhetto_datisenato.jpg
office	General Secretary of the
Italian Communist Party
term_start	21 June 1988
term_end	3 January 1991
predecessor	Alessandro Natta
successor	Position abolished
office2	Secretary of the
Democratic Party of the Left
term_start2	8 February 1991
term_end2	14 June 1994
predecessor2	Position established
successor2	Massimo D'Alema
office6	Member of the Chamber of Deputies
term_start6	5 July 1976
term_end6	29 May 2001
constituency6	Palermo (1976–1992)
Rome (1992–1994)
Bologna (1994–2001)
office4	Member of the European Parliament
term_start5	25 July 1989
term_end5	11 October 1998
constituency5	North-West Italy
term_start4	8 May 2006
term_end4	28 March 2007
constituency4	Southern Italy
office3	Member of the Senate of the Republic
term_start3	30 May 2001
term_end3	27 April 2006
constituency3	Calabria
party	SI (since 2017)
otherparty	PCI (1953–1991)
PDS (1991–1998)
DS (1998–2007)
SD (2007–2009)
SEL (2009–2017)
birth_date
birth_place	Turin, Italy
spouse	{{plainlist
* {{marriage	Ines Ravelli		1968	end	separated}}
* {{marriage	Elisa Kadigia Bove	end	div}}
* {{marriage	Aureliana Alberici	end	div}}
children	2

| honorific-suffix = Italian Communist Party](list-of-secretaries-of-the-italian-communist-party) Democratic Party of the Left](secretary-of-the-democrats-of-the-left) Rome (1992–1994) Bologna (1994–2001) PDS (1991–1998) DS (1998–2007) SD (2007–2009) SEL (2009–2017)

Achille Leone Occhetto (; born 3 March 1936) is an Italian politician. He served as the last secretary-general of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) between 1988 and 1991, and was the first leader of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), the parliamentary socialist successor of the PCI, from 1991 to 1994.

Early life and career

Occhetto was born in Turin. He served as secretary of the Italian Communist Youth Federation, to which he had belonged starting from 1953, from 1963 to 1966. Subsequently, he was the regional secretary of the PCI in Sicily, where he distinguished himself for his war against any kind of mafia.

In 1986, Occhetto was appointed as national coordinator of the PCI and became its secretary in 1988, succeeding Alessandro Natta. Under his leadership, the party witnessed the collapse of both the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union. He responded by declaring the Communist state experience over, and persuaded the PCI to dissolve and refound itself as a democratic socialist party, the PDS. This political shift, known in Italian politics as the Svolta della Bolognina (the name derives from the celebration of a partisan battle in World War II), during which he announced that the PCI would change its name, logo, and orientation, was accepted by approximately 70% of the members at the 20th National Congress held on 8 February 1991.

In 1994, Occhetto challenged and was defeated by Silvio Berlusconi in the 1994 Italian general election, leading the Alliance of Progressives; because of this loss, he resigned as party secretary. He returned to politics in the 2004 European Parliament election in Italy, being elected to the European Parliament on a joint ticket with anti-corruption campaigner Antonio Di Pietro; he immediately resigned and was replaced by Giulietto Chiesa. After the 2006 Italian general election, he returned to the European Parliament by taking up one of the seats vacated by an elected deputy, and sat as an Independent member of the Party of European Socialists group. In 2009, he joined the new left-wing formation Left Ecology Freedom. He is an atheist.

Personal life

Occhetto was married to the activist and former actress Elisa Kadigia Bove, with whom he had two sons, Malcolm and Massimiliano (both born in Sicily); he was later married to fellow party member Aureliana Alberici.

Electoral history

Election	House	Constituency	Votes	Result	1976
Chamber of Deputies	Palermo–Trapani–Agrigento–Caltanissetta	Italian Communist Party}}"	PCI	67,134	Elected
Chamber of Deputies	Palermo–Trapani–Agrigento–Caltanissetta	Italian Communist Party}}"	PCI	45,563	Elected
Chamber of Deputies	Palermo–Trapani–Agrigento–Caltanissetta	Italian Communist Party}}"	PCI	51,144	Elected
Chamber of Deputies	Palermo–Trapani–Agrigento–Caltanissetta	Italian Communist Party}}"	PCI	76,368	Elected
European Parliament	North-West Italy	Italian Communist Party}}"	PCI	533,077	Elected
Chamber of Deputies	Rome–Viterbo–Latina–Frosinone	Democratic Party of the Left}}"	PDS	143,905	Elected
Chamber of Deputies	Bologna – Borgo Panigale	Democratic Party of the Left}}"	PDS	52,997	Elected
European Parliament	North-West Italy	Democratic Party of the Left}}"	PDS	378,088	Elected
Chamber of Deputies	Bologna – Borgo Panigale	Democratic Party of the Left}}"	PDS	58,632	Elected
Senate of the Republic	Calabria – Cosenza	Democrats of the Left}}"	DS	49,596	Elected
European Parliament	North-West Italy	Italy of Values}}"	IdV	13,857	Not elected

First-past-the-post elections

1994 general election (C): Bologna – Borgo Panigale	Candidate	Coalition or Party	Votes	%
Centre-left coalition}}"		Achille Occhetto	Progressives (PDS)	52,997	59.8
Centre-right coalition}}"		Pier Ferdinando Casini	Pole of Freedoms (CCD)	17,925	20.2
National Alliance (Italy)}}"		Anselmo Ruocco	National Alliance	7,388	8.3
Segni Pact}}"		Maria Gualandi	Pact for Italy (PPI)	7,133	8.0
Pannella List}}"		Oliviero Toscani	Pannella List	3,225	3.6
Total	88,668	100.0
Turnout	91,571	95.0

1996 general election (C): Bologna – Borgo Panigale	Candidate	Coalition or Party	Votes	%
Centre-left coalition}}"		Achille Occhetto	The Olive Tree (PDS)	58,632	69.9
Centre-right coalition}}"		Gian Luca Galletti	Pole for Freedoms (CCD)	25,293	30.1
Total	83,925	100.0
Turnout	88,380	93.2

References

Maria Latella, "Occhetto: pecca chi vota i vecchi DC", ''Il Corriere della Sera'', 28 January 1994, p. 2.
Achille Occhetto] {{webarchive. link. (2014-08-12 (in Italian))

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