Nuoro, goodbye to former senator Giosuè Ligios: he was 93 years old
Originally from Bitti, a member of the DC, he was also a member of the European Parliament
The politics of Sardinia mourns Giosuè Ligios, a historical exponent of the Christian Democrats, who died at the age of 93 in his home in Nuoro.
Originally from Bitti, from 1964 to 1989 he held various positions in public institutions. In 1964 he was elected president of the Province of Nuoro and in 1969 he became regional councilor of Sardinia, then holding the position of councilor for general affairs in 1970.
In 1972 and then again in 1976 he was elected senator and was undersecretary of the Ministry of the Treasury in the Andreotti government. He was elected in the 1979 European elections, and then reconfirmed in 1984.
Great condolences aroused by the news: "Giosuè Ligios left a strong sign of his high political and operational creativity - said the former president of the Region Angelo Roich - As a regional councilor he wanted to break with the top-down scheme of the regional body, to be a parliamentarian he undertook to promote the industrial development process of Sardinia, as MEP and leader of the EPP, thanks also to the harmony and friendship with the German Chancellor Helmut Khol, he helped to strengthen and launch the role of the European Union. civil and moral high politics at the service of the whole community as a true democratic Catholic ".
"The political and personal history of Giosuè Ligios is an extraordinary example of profound knowledge of the communities of central Sardinia, on a social, cultural and economic level, and of the re-elaboration of this experience with a projection towards the future, towards that idea of collaboration between the European peoples that today the European Union has become ", is the memory of the mayor of Bitti, Giuseppe Ciccolini.
(Unioneonline / lf)
