Giuseppe Pisanu

Infobox Officeholder


name = Giuseppe Pisanu
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order =Italian Minister for the actuation of the government programme
term_start =June 10 2001
term_end =July 3 2002
predecessor =Franco Bassanini
successor =Claudio Scajola
primeminister =Silvio Berlusconi
order2 =Italian Minister of the Interior
term_start2 =3 July 2002
term_end2 =17 May 2006
primeminister2 =Silvio Berlusconi
predecessor2 =Claudio Scajola
successor2 =Giuliano Amato
birth_date =Birth date and age|1937|1|22|df=y
birth_place =Ittiri, Sassari
death_date =
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nationality =Italian
party =Christian Democracy (until 1992), Forza Italia

Giuseppe Pisanu (also called "Beppe Pisanu"; born January 22, 1937 in Ittiri, province of Sassari) is an Italian politician, longtime member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Christian Democracy (1972-92) and then for Forza Italia (1994-2006). From 2006 he sits in the Senate.

He was the top-aide to Benigno Zaccagnini, leader of the left-wing of the Christian Democracy and national secretary of the party from 1975 to 1980. In the 80s, Pisanu was many times member of the Italian government as under-secretary for Agriculture, the Treasury and Defense.

In 1994 he joined Forza Italia, of which he was Vice-President (1994-96) and President of faction (1996-2001) in the Chamber of Deputies. From 2002 to 2006, he was minister of the Interior.