Mauro Scoccimarro (30 October 1895 – 2 January 1972) was an Italian economist and communist politician.

[4] He attended Ca' Foscari University of Venice and graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics and political science in 1922.

[5] In 1923 he was made a member of the Communist Party's secretariat together with Antonio Gramsci and Palmiro Togliatti.

[1] Following the liberation of Rome in June 1944 Scoccimarro acted as high commissioner for the expulsion of fascists and was the minister of occupied Italy.

[1][8][9] In the latter capacity he found an opportunity to strengthen the positions of Italian communists in the northern regions of Italy.