Gianfranco Miglio
Gianfranco Miglio (11 January 1918 – 10 August 2001) was an Italian jurist, political scientist, and politician. He was a founder of the Federalist Party. For thirty years, he presided over the political science faculty of Milan's Università Cattolica (Catholic University). Later on in his life, he was elected as an independent member of the Parliament to the Italian Senate for Lega Nord. The supporters of Umberto Bossi's party called him Prufesùr (the Professor), a Lombard nickname to remember his role.
Gianfranco Miglio | |
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| Member of the Senate of the Republic for Lombardy | |
| In office 23 April 1992 – 29 May 2001 | |
| Constituency | Como |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 January 1918 Como, Italy |
| Died | 10 April 2001 (aged 83) Como, Italy |
| Political party | Christian Democracy (1943–1959) Northern League (1991–1994) Federalist Party (1994–2001) |
| Spouse | Miriam Previero |
| Children | Leo Miglio |
| Alma mater | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore |
| Profession | |
Philosophy career | |
| School | English School Classical liberalism |
Main interests | Politics, sociology |
Notable ideas | Padania, establishment of a confederation in Italy |
Inspired by Max Weber and Carl Schmitt, Miglio's works have analysed prevailing power structures in politics, parliamentarianism and bureaucracies. An advocate of federalism, Miglio grew even more radical in his later years, moving to a confederal or even secessionist and libertarian standpoint, in part due to his readings of Étienne de La Boétie and Henry David Thoreau.
Some of Miglio's work has been published in English by the journal Telos, but the bulk of his opus has never been translated from Italian.