See Also: Berlinguer, Enrico(encyclopedia)
Caruso, Enrico(encyclopedia)
Dandolo, Enrico(encyclopedia)
Enrico (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Fermi, Enrico(encyclopedia)
Caruso, Enrico(dictionary)
Fermi, Enrico(dictionary)
Streiff, Enrico Bernard(medicine)

Berlinguer, Enrico (sh)




born May 25, 1922, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy
died June 11, 1984, Padua

Italian politician.

Born into a middle-class Sardinian family, he joined the Communist Party in 1943 and held a series of party posts before becoming secretary-general in 1972, a post he would keep until his death. He became a leading advocate of "national communism," seeking independence from Moscow and favouring the adaptation of Marxism to local requirements. His proposal for a coalition government of Christian Democrats and communists was never realized.