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]
Quick facts 30th Prime Minister of Italy, Monarch ...
Alcide De Gasperi |
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In office
10 December 1945 – 17 August 1953 |
| Monarch | Victor Emmanuel III
Umberto II |
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| Lieutenant General | Prince Umberto |
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| President | Enrico De Nicola
Luigi Einaudi |
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| Deputy | Luigi Einaudi
Randolfo Pacciardi
Giuseppe Saragat
Attilio Piccioni
Giovanni Porzio |
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| Preceded by | Ferruccio Parri |
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| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Pella |
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In office
26 July 1951 – 17 August 1953 |
| Preceded by | Carlo Sforza |
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| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Pella |
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In office
12 December 1944 – 18 October 1946 |
| Prime Minister | Ivanoe Bonomi
Ferruccio Parri |
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| Preceded by | Ivanoe Bonomi |
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| Succeeded by | Pietro Nenni |
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13 July 1946 – 2 February 1947 |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Romita |
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| Succeeded by | Mario Scelba |
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In office
18 June 1946 – 28 June 1946 |
| Preceded by | King Umberto II |
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| Succeeded by | Enrico De Nicola |
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In office
10 December 1945 – 19 April 1953 |
| Preceded by | Ferruccio Parri |
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| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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In office
1 January 1954 – 19 August 1954 |
| Preceded by | Paul Henri Spaak |
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| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Pella |
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| Born | Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi
(1881-04-03)3 April 1881
Pieve Tesino, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary |
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| Died | 19 August 1954(1954-08-19) (aged 73)
Borgo Valsugana, Trentino, Italy |
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| Nationality | Italian |
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| Political party | UPPT (1906–1920)
PPI (1920–1926)
Independent (1926–1943)
DC (1943–1954) |
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| Spouse(s) | Francesca Romani (1894–1954) |
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| Children | Maria Romana De Gasperi
and other 3 daughters |
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| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
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| Occupation | Journalist, politician |
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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.
