Guido Cavagna

Guido Cavagna (born 1917) was a Swiss politician. Cavagna grew up in a strongly Catholic peasant family in Ticino.[1] Cavagna became a member of the Communist Party of Switzerland.[1] He was a founding member of the Swiss Party of Labour.[1]

Cavagna was part of the triumvirate (along with Gigi Martinoni and Pietro Monetti) that led the Ticino branch of the Swiss Party of Labour between 1944 and 1975.[1] Cavagna joined the Central Committee of the Swiss Party of Labour in the 1950s.[1] He represented the party at the 10th anniversary of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, 1959.[2] Between 1974 and 1978 he was a member of the Politburo of the party.[1]

Cavagna was a member of the municipal council of Minusio 1944-1952, and then a member of the Minusio executive council for another 28 years.[1] He was a deputy in the Grand Council of Ticino 1967-1971 and 1975-1979.[1][3]

References
  1. André Rauber (2000). Histoire du mouvement communiste suisse. Slatkine. p. 530. ISBN 978-2-05-101784-8.
  2. Beijing Zhoubao. 2. Peking review. 1959. p. 12.
  3. Biblioteca cantonale di Bellinzona. Deputati
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