Giovanni Pieraccini

Pieraccini was born in Viareggio on 25 November 1918. He was given the name of his father who had died before his birth. Pieraccini completed his high school education at the Carducci gymnasium in Viareggio. He graduated from the University of Pisa obtaining a law degree.{{cite web|title=Pieraccini, Giovanni ==Career==

After the liberation of Florence Pieraccini was made the councilor of the first democratic administration and worked as the director of a socialist weekly entitled La defense. He was editor of the newspaper of the Resistance forces entitled La Nazione del Popolo and co-director of another newspaper, Il Nuovo corriere. Pieraccini was a deputy from 1948 to 1968. He was part of the group which assumed the leadership of the Italian Socialist Party and director of the newspaper Avanti! from 1960 to 1963. In the late 1960s Pieraccini was part of the right-wing group in the party together with Pietro Nenni and Mario Zagari.{{cite journal|author=Ilaria Favretto|title=The Wilson Governments and the Italian Centre-Left Coalitions: Between 'Socialist' Diplomacy and Realpolitik, 1964–70 |journal=European History Quarterly Following his retirement from politics in 1974{{cite news|title=Viareggio: morto Giovanni Pieraccini, ministro dei Lavori pubblici nel primo governo Moro|access-date=15 January 2022|work=La Repubblica|language=it ==Death==

Pieraccini died in Viareggio on 14 July 2017 at the age of 98. ==References==