until 1994, and played a significant role in the introduction of Italy's National Health Service. In 1981, she headed the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the illegal P2 Masonic Lodge (Commissione parlamentare d’inchiesta sulla Loggia massonica P2); the lodge, at the time, was considered a threat to society. Anselmi wrote the commission's final majority report that was approved in 1984, and all activity of the lodge ceased the following year. Anselmi was the chair of a commission of inquiry into the work of Italian soldiers in Somalia, and of a national commission on the consequences of laws for the Italian Jewish community. She was an honorary vice president of the National Institute for the History of the Liberation Movement in Italy. Later in her life, she began to write about her experiences in the Resistance; in 2003, she wrote Zia, cos'è la Resistenza? (Auntie, what's the Resistance?), a book explaining the Italian Resistance to young people. In 2004, she wrote a second book for young people, titled Bella ciao: la resistenza raccontata ai ragazzi (Hey beautiful: the Resistance explained to children). In 2006, she published her memoir together with Anna Vinci, as Storia Di Una Passione Politica (Story of a Passion for Politics). Death Anselmi died at home in Castelfranco Veneto, Treviso, on 31 October 2016, aged 89. Recognition and awards On 18 June 1998, Anselmi was awarded the Knight's Great Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. In June 2016, Anselmi was featured on an Italian postage stamp, the only living person to be honoured in this way. Electoral history References External links Tina Anselmi on Radio Radicale 1927 births 2016 deaths People with Parkinson's disease People from Castelfranco Veneto Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore alumni Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians Italian Ministers of Health Italian resistance movement members Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Italian memoirists Women government ministers of Italy 20th-century Italian women politicians Women memoirists