26 January 2019(2019-01-26) (aged 85) Varese, Italy
Occupation
Politician
Giuseppe Zamberletti (17 December 1933 – 26 January 2019) was an Italian politician and one of the founders of Italy's Protezione Civile (Civil Protection), of which he was the first minister in Italy from 1981.
A member of Christian Democracy (Italian: Democrazia Cristiana, or DC), he was elected for the first time to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1968. After his re-election in 1972, he became undersecretary for Interior Affairs in the Moro IV, Moro V and Andreotti III governments, with responsibility for public security, the Vigili del Fuoco (Firemen Corps) and Civil Protection. In the Cossiga I and II Cabinets.
Due to his role as national coordinator of rescue interventions, Zamberletti was in charge in Italian emergencies such as the 1976 Friuli and 1980 Irpinia earthquakes. He was involved in the case raised by the Italian Parliament's Investigation committee for the illegal use of funds during the 1980 earthquake[1] In the summer 1979 he organized the rescue of Vietnamese refugees from North Vietnam, an operation which was carried on by cruisers Andrea Doria, Vittorio Veneto and the support ship Vesuvio.
