Livia Turco | |
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| Minister of Health | |
| In office 17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Silvio Berlusconi (ad interim) |
| Succeeded by | Maurizio Sacconi |
| Minister of Social Solidarity | |
| In office 17 May 1996 – 11 June 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Romano Prodi Massimo D'Alema Giuliano Amato |
| Preceded by | Adriano Ossicini |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Maroni |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 2 July 1987 – 27 April 2006 | |
| In office 29 April 2008 – 14 March 2013 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 28 April 2006 – 28 April 2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 February 1955 Cuneo, Italy |
| Political party | PCI (1970–1991) PDS (1991–1998) DS (1998–2007) PD (since 2007) |
Livia Turco (born 13 February 1955) is an Italian politician. She began her political career in the 1970s as a member of the Italian Communist Party, becoming a member of the Italian Parliament in 1987. She then joined its legal successors, the Democratic Party of the Left and then the Democrats of the Left. A member of the Democratic Party, she was elected to the Senate of the Republic in 2006. By 2008, she returned to the Chamber of Deputies, and did not seek re-election in 2013. Turco was Minister of Social Affairs in three centre-left coalition-led governments from 1996 to 2001 and Minister of Health from 2006 to 2008.