# Lionello Levi Sandri

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Lionello Levi Sandri European Commissioner for Social Affairs, Personnel and Administration In office 2 July 1967 – 30 June 1970 President Jean Rey Preceded by Himself (Social Affairs) Succeeded by Albert Coppé (Social Affairs, Transport and Budget) European Commissioner for Social Affairs In office 8 February 1961 – 2 July 1967 President Walter Hallstein Preceded by Giuseppe Petrilli Succeeded by Himself (Social Affairs, Personnel and Administration) Personal details Born (1910-10-05)5 October 1910 Milan, Italy Died 14 April 1991(1991-04-14) (aged 80) Rome, Italy Party Socialist Party

**Lionello Levi Sandri** (5 October 1910 in [Milan](/source/Milan) – 14 April 1991 in [Rome](/source/Rome)) was an [Italian politician](/source/Politics_of_Italy) and [European Commissioner](/source/European_Commissioner).

Upon completing his education in 1932, Levi Sandri entered a career as a civil servant in the Italian employment administration and was promoted to high-ranking posts at a young age. In 1940 he became a lecturer in industrial law at the [University of Rome](/source/University_of_Rome_La_Sapienza). In the same year, he served in North Africa in the Second World War. Following the armistice on 8 September 1943 and the related events, however, he chose to join the resistance movement against [Benito Mussolini](/source/Benito_Mussolini), where he came to lead the [partisan](/source/Partisan_(military)) formation "[Fiamme Verdi](/source/Fiamme_Verdi)" (Green Flames) in the [Brescia](/source/Brescia) region.

After the war, Levi Sandri became involved in the [Italian Socialist Party](/source/Italian_Socialist_Party) (PSI). From 1946 to 1950 he was a member of the town council for Brescia. From 1948 he was a member of the party executive committee at a regional level. Moreover, he was the chief of staff in the Italian Ministry for Employment.

He later advocated the formation of the [Party of European Socialists](/source/Party_of_European_Socialists).[1]

He was appointed to the first [European Commission](/source/European_Commission) in December 1960 (or February 1961) as the successor to [Giuseppe Petrilli](/source/Giuseppe_Petrilli) in the [Hallstein Commission](/source/Hallstein_Commission) and was responsible for the Social Affairs portfolio, in addition to overseas states and territories. He supported the equalisation of work and social rights between the EEC states. He continued as a member of the second Hallstein Commission (1962–1967), where he was a vice-president from 1964, and as a member of the [Rey Commission](/source/Rey_Commission) from 1967 to 1970.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Archived copy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060808201111/http://www.pes.org/downloads/History_PES_EN.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.pes.org/downloads/History_PES_EN.pdf) (PDF) on 8 August 2006. Retrieved 15 July 2006.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_archived_copy_as_title))

## External links

- The [private papers](https://archives.eui.eu/en/fonds/156740?item=LLS) of Lionello Levi Sandri are deposited at the [Historical Archives of the European Union](https://www.eui.eu/en/academic-units/historical-archives-of-the-european-union) in Florence

Political offices Preceded by Giuseppe Petrilli Italian European Commissioner 1961–1970 Served alongside: Giuseppe Caron, Guido Colonna di Paliano, Edoardo Martino Succeeded by Franco Maria Malfatti Succeeded by Altiero Spinelli European Commissioner for Social Affairs 1961–1967 Succeeded by Himself as European Commissioner for Social Affairs, Personnel and Administration Preceded by Himself as European Commissioner for Social Affairs European Commissioner for Social Affairs, Personnel and Administration 1967–1970 Succeeded by Albert Coppé as European Commissioner for Social Affairs, Transport and Budget

v t e European Commission (1958–1962: First Hallstein Commission) Walter Hallstein (West Germany) Piero Malvestiti (Italy)* Giuseppe Caron† (Italy) Sicco Mansholt (Netherlands) Robert Marjolin (France) Hans von der Groeben (West Germany) Robert Lemaignen (France) Giuseppe Petrilli (Italy) Lionello Levi Sandri (Italy) Jean Rey (Belgium) Michel Rasquin** (Luxembourg) Lambert Schaus† (Luxembourg) *resigned – **died – †replacement

v t e European commissioners from Italy Piero Malvestiti Giuseppe Petrilli Giuseppe Caron Lionello Levi Sandri Guido Colonna di Paliano Edoardo Martino Franco Maria Malfatti Altiero Spinelli Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza Cesidio Guazzaroni Antonio Giolitti Lorenzo Natali Carlo Ripa di Meana Filippo Maria Pandolfi Antonio Ruberti Raniero Vanni d'Archirafi Emma Bonino Romano Prodi Franco Frattini Antonio Tajani Ferdinando Nelli Feroci Federica Mogherini Paolo Gentiloni Raffaele Fitto

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