Palmiro Togliatti | |
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 Photo of comrade Togliatti. | |
| Born | 26 March 1893 Genoa, Italy |
| Died | 21 August 1964 Yalta, Ukrainian SSR |
| Cause of death | Cerebral hemorrhage |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | General Secretary of the of Communist Party of Italy. |
Palmiro Togliatti was the founder and leader of the Communist Party of Italy.
Biography
Palmiro Togliatti was born in 1893.[1] In 1914, he joined the Italian Socialist Party and he helped found the Communist Party of Italy in 1921.[2] After Antonio Gramsci's imprisonment, he was elected leader of the party but was exiled to France by Mussolini. He returned to Italy after Mussolini was overthrown and ran in the 1948 election. The election was rigged by the CIA, but Togliatti still managed to get 30% of the vote.[3] He died of natural causes in 1964 and a city in Russia was renamed after him.