Ilio Bosi

Ilio Bosi (4 October 1903 – 5 December 1995) was an Italian communist politician and trade unionist.

In 1924, he joined the central committee of the Italian Communist Youth Federation, and began undertaking underground work in southern Italy for the party.

In 1926, he was appointed as the party's secretary for Sicily and Calabria, but he was arrested soon afterwards, and sentenced to ten years in prison.

[1][2] Following the end of World War II, Bosi moved to Rome, to join the PCI's National Directorate, then became the leader of its organisation in Ferrara.

In 1949, he became the founding president of the Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers.