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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Costante Degan (12 March 1930 – 1 July 1988) was an Italian politician.

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]

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External links

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