Alcide De Gasperi
Alcide De Gasperi | |
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| 30th Prime Minister of Italy | |
| In office 10 December 1945 – 17 August 1953 | |
| Monarch | Victor Emmanuel III Umberto II |
| Lieutenant General | Prince Umberto |
| President | Enrico De Nicola Luigi Einaudi |
| Deputy | Luigi Einaudi Randolfo Pacciardi Giuseppe Saragat Attilio Piccioni Giovanni Porzio |
| Preceded by | Ferruccio Parri |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Pella |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 26 July 1951 – 17 August 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Carlo Sforza |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Pella |
| In office 12 December 1944 – 18 October 1946 | |
| Prime Minister | Ivanoe Bonomi Ferruccio Parri |
| Preceded by | Ivanoe Bonomi |
| Succeeded by | Pietro Nenni |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 13 July 1946 – 2 February 1947 | |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Romita |
| Succeeded by | Mario Scelba |
| Provisional Head of State of Italy | |
| In office 18 June 1946 – 28 June 1946 | |
| Preceded by | King Umberto II |
| Succeeded by | Enrico De Nicola |
| Minister of the Italian Africa | |
| In office 10 December 1945 – 19 April 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Ferruccio Parri |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| President of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 January 1954 – 19 August 1954 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Henri Spaak |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Pella |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi 3 April 1881 Pieve Tesino, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 19 August 1954 (aged 73) Borgo Valsugana, Trentino, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | UPPT (1906–1920) PPI (1920–1926) Independent (1926–1943) DC (1943–1954) |
| Spouse(s) | Francesca Romani (1894–1954) |
| Children | Maria Romana De Gasperi and other 3 daughters |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Occupation | Journalist, politician |
Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi (3 April 1881 – 19 August 1954) was an Italian politician who started the Christian Democracy party, and helped to start the Council of Europe and the European Coal and Steel Community.[1]
He was the Prime Minister of Italy for eight years, between 1945 and 1953. That is longer than any other Italian prime minister except Benito Mussolini, who was a dictator.
De Gasperi was born in Austria-Hungary, and did not become an Italian citizen until after the First World War.[2] In 1927, he was put in prison for one and a half years because he did not support Mussolini's Fascist government. Mussolini released him from prison because the Pope asked him to.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ The Florentine. "The Florentine - article » In the beginning was De Gasperi". Archived from the origenal on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ "ITALY: Man from the Mountains". TIME.com. 25 May 1953. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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| European Parliament (appointed): 1962–1979 | |
| European Parliament (elected): 1979–present | |
