Alcide De Gasperi

Alcide De Gasperi
Alcide De Gasperi
	De Gasperi in 1953
Prime Minister of Italy
	In office; 10 December 1945 – 17 August 1953
President	Enrico De Nicola; Luigi Einaudi;
Monarchs	Vittorio Emanuele III; Umberto II;
Lieutenant General	The Prince of Piedmont
Deputy	Luigi Einaudi; Randolfo Pacciardi; Giuseppe Saragat; Attilio Piccioni; Giovanni Porzio;
Preceded by	Ferruccio Parri
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Pella
President of the Common Assembly
	In office; 11 May 1954 – 19 August 1954
Preceded by	Paul-Henri Spaak
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Pella
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 26 July 1951 – 17 August 1953
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Carlo Sforza
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Pella
	In office; 12 December 1944 – 18 October 1946
Prime Minister	Ivanoe Bonomi; Ferruccio Parri; Himself;
Preceded by	Ivanoe Bonomi
Succeeded by	Pietro Nenni
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 14 July 1946 – 2 February 1947
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Giuseppe Romita
Succeeded by	Mario Scelba
Minister of the Italian Africa
	In office; 10 December 1945 – 19 April 1953
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Ferruccio Parri
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Preceded by
Party's offices
Secretary of the Christian Democracy
	In office; 20 September 1953 – 16 July 1954
Preceded by	Guido Gonella
Succeeded by	Amintore Fanfani
	In office; 29 December 1944 – 22 September 1946
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Attilio Piccioni
Secretary of the People's Party
	In office; 20 May 1924 – 14 December 1925
Preceded by	Giovanni Gronchi; Giuseppe Spataro; Giulio Rodinò;
Succeeded by	Antonio Alberti; Giovanni Battista Migliori;
Constituency
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 8 May 1948 – 19 January 1954
Constituency	Trento–Bolzano
	In office; 11 June 1921 – 21 January 1929
Constituency	Trento
Member of the Constituent Assembly
	In office; 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948
Constituency	Trento–Bolzano
Member of the Imperial Council
	In office; July 1911 – November 1918
Constituency	Tyrol
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
Political party	UPPT (1906–1920); PPI (1920–1926); DC (1943–1954);
Spouse	Francesca Romani; (m. 1922)
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Innsbruck; University of Vienna;
Profession	Journalist; philologist; politician;

Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi (Italian: [alˈtʃiːde de ˈɡasperi]; 3 April 1881 – 19 August 1954) was an Italian politician who founded the Christian Democracy party and served as prime minister of Italy in eight successive coalition governments from 1945 to 1953.^[1]

De Gasperi was the last prime minister of the Kingdom of Italy, serving under both Victor Emmanuel III and Umberto II. He was also the first prime minister of the Italian Republic, and also briefly served as provisional head of state after the Italian people voted to end the monarchy and establish a republic. His eight-year term in office remains a landmark of political longevity for a leader in modern Italian politics. De Gasperi is the fifth longest-serving prime minister since the Italian Unification.

A devout Catholic, he was one of the founding fathers of the European Union along with fellow Italian Altiero Spinelli.

^ Alcide De Gasperi (Italian statesman). britannica.com

[1] Alcide De Gasperi (Italian statesman). britannica.com

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