Alcide De Gasperi
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]
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 |
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.
Alcide De Gasperi Media
De Gasperi as Prime Minister of Italy during the 1950s
De Gasperi during the first session of the Constituent Assembly
De Gasperi during a rally of Christian Democracy
De Gasperi addressed the crowd in Bologna, 1951
De Gasperi on the cover of Time magazine in 1953
De Gasperi during his last years in power
De Gasperi with UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill
De Gasperi posing in his library during his last years
References
- ↑ The Florentine. "The Florentine - article » In the beginning was De Gasperi". Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ "ITALY: Man from the Mountains". TIME.com. 25 May 1953. Retrieved 18 January 2016.