Luigi Viviani

This article is about the Italian politician. For the Italian engineer and soldier, see Luigi Viviani (soldier). For other people with the same name, see Luigi Viviani (disambiguation).

Luigi Viviani
Senator of the Italian Republic
Parliamentary group	Democrats of the Left - The Olive Tree
Constituency	Veneto, 16 (Verona Cittadella)
State Secretary of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security
In office 22 October 1998 – 21 December 1999
Prime Minister	Massimo D'Alema
Preceded by	Elena Montecchi
Succeeded by	Rosario Olivo
Personal details
Born	(1937-10-22) October 22, 1937 Verona
Political party	Democratic Party (Italy)
Other political affiliations	Social Christians
Residence	Verona
Profession	Trade unionist
Known for	Co-founding the Social Christians
Committees	Legislature XIII member of the IV Defence Commission (10 February 2000 - 25 April 2000) (replacing the Undersecretary of State Giuseppe Maria Ayala until 25 April 2000), (23 May 2000 - 29 May 2001) (replacing the State Secretary Ornella Piloni until 29 May 2001) member of the Fifth Budget Committee (30 May 1996 - 3 November 1998, 10 February 2000 - 29 May 2001) member of the XIII Standing Committee on Territory, Environment and Environmental Heritage (4 November 1998 - 9 February 2000) (replaced by Angelo Staniscia until 21 December 1999) member of parliament's committee on regional affairs (16 October 1996 - 6 May 1999) member of the parliamentary advisory committee on the reform of the state budget pursuant to law no. 94 of 3 April 1997 (9 May 1997 - 29 May 2001) Legislature XIV member of the XI Standing Committee on Labour, Social Security (22 June 2001 - 27 April 2006)
Website	https://www.senato.it/leg/14/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00003880.htm

Luigi Viviani (Verona, 22 October 1937) is an Italian politician and trade unionist, actively involved in various national and local political activities and in the political fabric of Verona.

Biography

During the 1980s Viviani was a member of the general secretariat of the Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions during the secretariat of Pierre Carniti. In 1993 he co-founded the movement of the Social Christians with Ermanno Gorrieri, Pierre Carniti and other political exponents. He then became a senator of the Republic for two legislatures. During the 1996-2001 legislature he was Undersecretary for Labour with Minister Cesare Salvi; in the next legislature (2001-2006) he was vice-president of the Democrats of the Left group in the Senate.