Cesare Merzagora

Cesare Merzagora
President of the Italian Senate
In office
25 June 1953 – 7 November 1967
Preceded byMeuccio Ruini
Succeeded byEnnio Zelioli-Lanzini
Acting President of Italy
In office
6 December 1964 – 29 December 1964
Prime MinisterAldo Moro
Preceded byAntonio Segni
Succeeded byGiuseppe Saragat
Minister of Foreign Trade
In office
1 June 1947 – 1 April 1949
Prime MinisterAlcide De Gasperi
Preceded byEzio Vanoni
Succeeded byGiovanni Battista Bertone
Personal details
Born(1898-11-09)9 November 1898
Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Died1 May 1991(1991-05-01) (aged 92)
Rome, Italian Republic
Political partyChristian Democracy
(1948–1963)
Independent
(1963–1972; 1976–1991)
Italian Liberal Party
(1972–1976)
OccupationBanker, manager, politician

Cesare Merzagora (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃeːzare merˈdzaːɡora, ˈtʃɛː-]; 9 November 1898 – 1 May 1991) was an Italian politician from Milan.

Biography

Merzagora was born in Milan on 9 November 1898.[1][2]

Between 1947 and 1949, Merzagora served as Italy's Minister of Foreign Trade.[3] He was President of Banca Popolare di Milano from 1950 to 1952, President of the Italian Senate from 1953 to 1967,[4] and was also temporarily acting head of State, in the period between the resignation of Antonio Segni and the election of Giuseppe Saragat in 1964.[5][6][7] Merzagora was named senator for life in March of 1963.[1]

He ran as a candidate of the Italian Christian Democracy Party, and was affiliated with this party for most of his whole political career and then as an independent politician.[8]

He died in Rome on 1 May 1991.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "senato.it - Scheda di attività di Cesare MERZAGORA - X Legislatura". www.senato.it. Italian Senate. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b Rizzo, Tito Lucrezio (23 October 2012). Parla il Capo dello Stato: sessanta anni di vita repubblicana attraverso il Quirinale 1946-2006 (in Italian). Gangemi Editore spa. ISBN 978-88-492-7460-8.
  3. ^ Mazzanti, Davide (2005). Vespa: Italian Style for the World. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-88-09-04337-4.
  4. ^ Cfr. Berardi, Silvio (2021), Cesare Merzagora. Un liberale europeista tra difesa dello Stato e anti-partitocrazia, Milano, Luni Editrice. ISBN 887984735X
  5. ^ "Articolo tratto dal sito del Corriere della Sera – "La grande battaglia dei soci per l' ultima banca tutta milanese" 17 aprile 2009". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  6. ^ State, United States Department of (1988). Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  7. ^ Agency, United States Central Intelligence (1963). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts.
  8. ^ Italy; Documents and Notes. Centro di documentazione. 1972.