Maurizio Pagani (27 January 1936 – 7 February 2014) was an Italian engineer and politician who served as the minister of post and telecommunications during the period 1992–1994 in two successive cabinets, and as the mayor of Novara.

[1] He received a bachelor's degree in hydraulic engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan.

[2] His political career began in 1972 when he was elected as a councillor for the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI), a position he held until 1978.

[1] He became a member of the Italian Parliament and was appointed Minister of Post and Telecommunications in June 1992.

[3] Pagani had, by this time, left the PSDI and joined Forza Italia (FI).