Ferruccio Parri

Senator for life Ferruccio Parri
Prime Minister of Italy
In office 21 June 1945 – 10 December 1945
Monarch	Victor Emmanuel III
Lieutenant General	The Prince of Piedmont
Preceded by	Ivanoe Bonomi
Succeeded by	Alcide De Gasperi
Minister of the Interior
In office 21 June 1945 – 10 December 1945
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Ivanoe Bonomi
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Romita
Minister of the Italian Africa
In office 21 June 1945 – 10 December 1945
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Ivanoe Bonomi
Succeeded by	Alcide De Gasperi
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Life tenure 2 March 1963 – 8 December 1981
Appointed by	Antonio Segni
In office 12 June 1958 – 2 March 1963
Constituency	Piedmont
In office 8 May 1948 – 24 June 1953 Ex officio[1]
Member of the Constituent Assembly
In office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948
Constituency	Italy at-large
Personal details
Born	(1890-01-19)19 January 1890 Pinerolo, Piedmont, Italy
Died	8 December 1981(1981-12-08) (aged 91) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Resting place	Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno, Genoa
Political party	PdA (1942–1946) CDR (1946) PRI (1946–1953) UP (1953–1957) Independent (1957–1981)
Spouse	Ester Verrua ​ ​ (m. 1922; died 1980)​
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Italy National Liberation Committee (1943–1945)
Branch/service	Royal Italian Army (World War I) Corpo Volontari della Libertà (World War II)
Rank	Major
Battles/wars	World War I Battle of Vittorio Veneto (1918) Italian Civil War
Awards	Silver Medal of Military Valor (3) Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Austrian War 1915–1918 Bronze Star Medal

Ferruccio Parri (Italian pronunciation: [ferˈruttʃo ˈparri]; 19 January 1890 – 8 December 1981) was an Italian partisan and anti-fascist politician who served as the 29th Prime Minister of Italy, and the first to be appointed after the end of World War II. During the war, he was also known by his nom de guerre Maurizio.