Luigi Gasparotto

Luigi Gasparotto (born May 31, 1873 in Sacile , Udine, † June 29, 1954 in Cantello near Varese ) was an Italian politician who came from Friuli and later lived in Milan . During the First World War he served as a reserve officer in the royal armed forces in the secret service security office (ITO = Ufficio informazioni truppe operanti) of the 3rd Army. In the post-war period he resumed his political career and became Minister of War in the Bonomi government . During fascism he retired from political life to become minister again between 1945 and 1947. His son Leopoldo (1902–1944), known as Poldo, was killed as a partisan leader in the Fossoli camp.

Origin and studies

Luigi Gasparotto's parents were Leopoldo Gasparotto (1844–1907) and Clementina Ciotti. His father, who fought with Garibaldi in Trentino in 1866 and near Mentana in 1867 , raised his son Luigi according to the democratic ideals of the Italian unity movement (the Risorgimento ). After attending high schools in Parma , Bologna and finally Treviso , Luigi enrolled at the law faculty of the University of Padua in 1893 , where he completed his studies on July 25, 1897 with his dissertation on international law entitled '' Il principio di nazionalità nella sociologia e nel diritto internazionale ''. From 1913 to 1929 he was a member of the Camera dei deputati from the 24th to the 27th legislative period ; he was unsuccessful in the first candidacy in 1909. After the end of the kingdom he was a member of the Consulta nazionale and the Assemblea Costituente , from 1948 to 1953 he was appointed member of the first republican senate due to a transitional provision of the constitution .

literature

Lucio D'Angelo: GASPAROTTO, Luigi. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 52: Gambacorta – Gelasio II. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1999.

Web links

Andrea Vento: In silenzio gioite e soffrite: storia dei servizi segreti italiani dal Risorgimento alla guerra fredda. , il Saggiatore, Milano 2010, p. 380 ISBN 978-88-428-1604-1 (Italian)
Entry in the Portale storico of the Camera dei Deputati

Individual evidence

↑ see literature Lucio D'Angelo: Luigi Gasparotto in the Enciclopedia Italiana
^ Page at the Senate

personal data
SURNAME	Gasparotto, Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian politician, member of the Camera dei deputati
DATE OF BIRTH	May 31, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sacile , Udine
DATE OF DEATH	June 29, 1954
Place of death	Cantello

[Enciclopedia-1] see literature Lucio D'Angelo: Luigi Gasparotto in the Enciclopedia Italiana

[2] Page at the Senate