Livia Turco

Livia Turco
Minister of Health
In office
17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008
Prime MinisterRomano Prodi
Preceded bySilvio Berlusconi (ad interim)
Succeeded byMaurizio Sacconi
Minister of Social Solidarity
In office
17 May 1996 – 11 June 2001
Prime MinisterRomano Prodi
Massimo D'Alema
Giuliano Amato
Preceded byAdriano Ossicini
Succeeded byRoberto Maroni
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
2 July 1987 – 27 April 2006
In office
29 April 2008 – 14 March 2013
Member of the Senate
In office
28 April 2006 – 28 April 2008
Personal details
Born (1955-02-13) 13 February 1955
Cuneo, Italy
PartyPCI (1970–1991)
PDS (1991–1998)
DS (1998–2007)
PD (since 2007)
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Livia Turco (born 13 February 1955) is an Italian politician. She began her political career in the 1970s as a member of the Italian Communist Party, becoming a member of the Italian Parliament in 1987. She then joined its legal successors, the Democratic Party of the Left and then the Democrats of the Left. A member of the Democratic Party, she was elected to the Senate of the Republic in 2006. By 2008, she returned to the Chamber of Deputies, and did not seek re-election in 2013. Turco was Minister of Social Affairs in three centre-left coalition-led governments from 1996 to 2001 and Minister of Health from 2006 to 2008.