Alcide De Gasperi

Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi (Italian: [alˈtʃiːde de ˈɡasperi]; 3 April 1881 – 19 August 1954) was an Italian politician and statesman 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" redirects here. For the Italian runner, see Marco De Gasperi.

Alcide De Gasperi

The Prince of Piedmont

Ferruccio Parri

Giuseppe Pella

Paul-Henri Spaak

Giuseppe Pella

Himself

Carlo Sforza

Giuseppe Pella

Ivanoe Bonomi

Pietro Nenni

Himself

Giuseppe Romita

Mario Scelba

Himself

Ferruccio Parri

Office abolished

Guido Gonella

Amintore Fanfani

Position established

Attilio Piccioni

Antonio Alberti
Giovanni Battista Migliori

Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi

3 April 1881
Pieve Tesino, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary

19 August 1954(1954-08-19) (aged 73)
Borgo Valsugana, Trentino, Italy

UPPT (1906–1920)
PPI (1920–1926)
DC (1943–1954)

Francesca Romani

(m. 1922)

Journalist
philologist
politician

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.

Personal life[edit]

On 14 June 1922, De Gasperi married Francesca Romani (30 August 1894 – 20 August 1998)^[27]^[28]^[29] and had four daughters, Maria Romana, Lucia, Cecilia and Paola.

In Florestano Vancini's film The Assassination of Matteotti (1973), De Gasperi is played by Ezio Marano.

Alcide De Gasperi building

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Duggan, Christopher. Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 (2008) ch 27–28

Ginsborg, Paul. A history of contemporary Italy: society and politics, 1943–1988 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).

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White, Steven. "In search of Alcide De Gasperi: innovations in Italian scholarship since 2003". Journal of Modern Italian Studies 15#3 (2010): 462–470. Historiography

Wilsford, David, ed. Political leaders of contemporary Western Europe: a biographical dictionary (Greenwood, 1995) pp 77–83.

at Internet Archive

Works by or about Alcide De Gasperi

Alcide De Gasperi Foundation

Alcide De Gasperi and his age: A chronology of the Statesman's life and works

by Pier Luigi Ballini, Alcide De Gasperi in the history of Europe

Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954)

Alcide De Gasperi Foundation

of Alcide De Gasperi are deposited at the Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence

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