Costante Degan

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 byGianuario Carta
Succeeded byGiovanni Prandini
Minister of Health
In office
4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986
Preceded byRenato Altissimo
Succeeded byCarlo Donat-Cattin
Mayor of Venice
In office
25 January 1988 – 12 February 1988
Preceded byAntonio Casellati
Succeeded byAntonio Casellati
Personal details
Born(1930-03-12)12 March 1930
Mestre, Veneto, Italy
Died1 July 1988(1988-07-01) (aged 58)
Mestre, Veneto, Italy
Political partyChristian Democracy
ProfessionEngineer

Biography

Degan 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
  1. "Costante Degan / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico". storia.camera.it. Italian Parliament. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  2. "senato.it - Scheda di attività di Costante DEGAN - X Legislatura". www.senato.it. Italian Senate. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  3. "Costante Degan / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico". storia.camera.it. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  4. Hanafin, Patrick (2016-05-23) [2007]. Conceiving Life: Reproductive Politics and the Law in Contemporary Italy. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-16255-1.
  5. "Ristoranti, ospedali e teatri: quando fumare non era un tabù". La Repubblica. 2015-11-11. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  6. 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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