Raised in Catholic Action, of which he was one of the most representative elements, Giuseppe Deligia showed an undisputed caliber of leader from an early age. He was already a student worker at the Navy Arsenal where, having become an employee, he was the office manager of the Drawing Room. He was successful in music, taking over the Santa Cecilia choir and being its director for many years. But it was especially so in politics. A militant in the Christian Democracy since he was very young, he was a councilor and councilor as well as mayor of La Maddalena 5 times; definitely one of the best mayors that La Maddalena has had.
Personal friend of the President of the Republic Francesco Cossiga, Deligia was councilor of the Mountain Community and the Local Health Authority of Olbia as well as councilor and councilor of the Province of Sassari.
It was Giuseppe Deligia, as mayor, who created the submarine connection that supplies water from the Liscia basin to La Maddalena, solving the age-old problem of thirst on the island; Giuseppe Deligia was the main architect of the opening of the Paolo Merlo hospital in 1970; It was Giuseppe Deligia who managed the arrival, in 1972, of the controversial and controversial presence of the United States Navy in Santo Stefano and of the nuclear-powered submarines. Giuseppe Deligia was the father of the twinning of La Maddalena with Ajaccio in 1991.
A protagonist, Deligia, for several decades of the political-administrative life of La Maddalena. The funeral chapel was set up in La Maddalena, in his home. The funeral will take place tomorrow, Tuesday 5 March, at 3.30 pm, in the church of Santa Maria Maddalena.
