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 by	Gianuario Carta
Succeeded by	Giovanni Prandini
Minister of Health
In office 4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986
Preceded by	Renato Altissimo
Succeeded by	Carlo Donat-Cattin
Mayor of Venice
In office 25 January 1988 – 12 February 1988
Preceded by	Antonio Casellati
Succeeded by	Antonio Casellati
Personal details
Born	(1930-03-12)12 March 1930 Mestre, Veneto, Italy
Died	1 July 1988(1988-07-01) (aged 58) Mestre, Veneto, Italy
Political party	Christian Democracy
Profession	Engineer

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.

External links

• Italian Parliament Page