Domenico Corcione

Domenico Corcione (born April 20, 1929 in Turin ; † January 3, 2020 there ) was an Italian general . Corcione was Chief of Staff of the Italian Armed Forces from 1990 to 1993 and Minister of Defense in the Dini government from January 1995 to May 1996 .

Military career

Domenico Corcione graduated from the Military Academy in Modena and Turin from 1950 to 1954 . In addition, he also studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Milan . As a pioneer officer, he served as a trainer at the pioneer school. After the general staff course in Civitavecchia , he was commander of the Mantova Engineer Battalion , the 2nd Bridge Engineer Regiment, the Legnano Mechanized Infantry Brigade , the Centauro Armored Division , the Northwest Military Region in Turin and the Command Academyof the armed forces in Rome . He also served several times in the Army General Staff, which he headed in 1989 and 1990.

During Corcione's tenure as Chief of Staff of the armed forces, these were significantly reduced. Even under Corcione, the General Staff of the Armed Forces remained primus inter pares in a more coordinating role between the armed forces . Under his successor Guido Venturoni , the general staff was then profoundly reformed and upgraded. General Corcione retired at the end of 1993 after reaching the age limit.

minister

After the short-lived first government of Silvio Berlusconi , Domenico Corcione took over the post of Defense Minister in the Dini government, which consisted of experts from January 17, 1995 to May 17, 1996. It was the first time in the history of the Republic of Italy that a former general became Minister of Defense. A comparable development occurred at the end of 2011 when the former chief of staff Giampaolo Di Paola became defense minister in the Monti government after another Berlusconi government had failed again.

Web links

Biography on difesa.it

Individual evidence

↑ Generale ed ex Ministro della difesa, è morto Domenico Corcione. In: La Nuova Periferia. January 4, 2020, accessed on January 4, 2020 (it-IT).

personal data
SURNAME	Corcione, Domenico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian General, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (1990–1993), Minister of Defense (1995–1996)
DATE OF BIRTH	April 20, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Turin
DATE OF DEATH	January 3, 2020
Place of death	Turin

[1] Generale ed ex Ministro della difesa, è morto Domenico Corcione. In: La Nuova Periferia. January 4, 2020, accessed on January 4, 2020 (it-IT).