Pietro Martinelli (politician)

Pietro Martinelli
Pietro Martinelli
Member of the Council of State of the Canton of Ticino
	In office; 1987–1999
Member of the Grand Council of Ticino
	In office; 1967–1987
Personal details
Born	6 February 1934; Lugano, Switzerland
Political party	PS; PSA
Alma mater	ETH Zurich
Occupation	Politician, engineer

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Pietro Martinelli (born 6 February 1934) is a Swiss engineer and communist politician.

Biography

Born in Lugano and educated at ETH Zurich, Martinelli became active in the political scene of the Canton of Ticino in the early 1960s, serving as the leader of the Federation of Ticino Young Socialists in 1964. In 1967, Martinelli was elected to the Grand Council of Ticino. Following a split in the Social Democratic Party (PS) in 1969, Martinelli and fellow communist Werner Carobbio founded a new marxist-oriented party in Ticino, called the Autonomous Socialist Party (PSA). In 1987, he became PSA's only member in the cantonal Council of State, holding this seat until his retirement in 1999.^[1]

References

^ Silvano Gilardoni: Autonomous Socialist Party (PSA) in Romansh, German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 10 August 2008.

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[1] Silvano Gilardoni: Autonomous Socialist Party (PSA) in Romansh, German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 10 August 2008.

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