Costante Degan (12 March 1930 – 1 July 1988) was an Italian politician.
Costante Degan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Minister of the Navy | |
| In office 1 August 1986 – 28 July 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Gianuario Carta |
| Succeeded by | Giovanni Prandini |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Renato Altissimo |
| Succeeded by | Carlo Donat-Cattin |
| Mayor of Venice | |
| In office 25 January 1988 – 12 February 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Antonio Casellati |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Casellati |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 March 1930 Mestre, Veneto, Italy |
| Died | 1 July 1988 (aged 58) Mestre, Veneto, Italy |
| Political party | Christian Democracy |
| Profession | Engineer |
Biography
editDegan was born on 12 March 1930 in Mestre, Italy. He would get a degree in engineering before working as an engineer.[1][2]
Degan joined the Christian Democracy after a long youth militancy in the Catholic Action. He was municipal councilor in Venice, then in Dolo, he also served as Mayor of Venice for a few days in 1988. He was a Deputy from 1963 to 1983 and a Senator from 1983 until his death in 1988.[1]
Degan served several times as Undersecretary of State, subsequently he served as Minister of Health from 1983 to 1986 and as Minister of Merchant Navy from 1986 to 1987.[3]
As Minister of Health, Degan dealt with assisted fertilization and radioactivity.[4] Having held this position during the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, he was the author of the prohibitions on the sale of milk and broad-leaf vegetables during the days of the radioactive emergency. He also presented the first smoking ban bill in 1968 to ban cigarette use in restaurants.[5]
Degan died in 1988 at the age of 58 due to lung cancer in Mestre.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Costante Degan / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico". storia.camera.it. Italian Parliament. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ^ "senato.it - Scheda di attività di Costante DEGAN - X Legislatura". www.senato.it. Italian Senate. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ^ "Costante Degan / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico". storia.camera.it. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
- ^ Hanafin, Patrick (2016-05-23) [2007]. Conceiving Life: Reproductive Politics and the Law in Contemporary Italy. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-16255-1.
- ^ "Ristoranti, ospedali e teatri: quando fumare non era un tabù". La Repubblica. 2015-11-11. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
- ^ BIANCHIN, ROBERTO (July 2, 1988). "E' MORTO DEGAN FU MINISTRO DELLA SANITA' - la Repubblica.it". Archivio - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-10-06.
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