Leo Valiani
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Leo Valiani (born Leo Weiczen 9 February 1909 - 18 September 1999) was an Italian politician and journalist.
He was born in Rijeka (then Fiume) and was imprisoned under the Fascist regime. he later fled in France and returned in Italy in 1943, taking part to the resistance against the German occupation in northern Italy. A member of the Partito d'Azione, in1956-1962 he adhered to the Italian Radical Party and, in 1980s, to the Italian Republican Party.
He was named senator for life in 1980 by Sandro Pertini.
As a journalist, Valiani collaborated with Il Mondo, L'Espresso and Il Corriere della Sera, among the others.
He died in Milan in 1999.
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