Alberto Cianca

Alberto Cianca (born January 1, 1884 in Rome ; † January 8, 1966 ibid) was an Italian journalist and politician of the Partito d'Azione (PdA) and later of the Partito Socialista Italiano PSI, which was both a member of the Chamber of Deputies ( Camera dei deputati ) as well as the Senate ( Senato della Repubblica ) .

Life

Alberto Cianca worked as a journalist for various daily newspapers such as Il Messaggero and replaced Andrea Torre on May 22, 1922 as editor-in-chief of the daily Il Mondo . This activity occupied until the time of day was banned during the fascist dictatorship of Benito Mussolini on October 31, 1926. He then went into exile to Paris , where he and Alberto Giannini were editor-in-chief of the anti-fascist satirical magazine Il becco between August 1, 1927 and August 1931 giallo was. In November 1929, together with other anti-fascist exiles such as Emilio Lussu , Alberto Tarchiani , Gaetano Salvemini and Raffaele Rossetti , he founded the democratic resistance movement Justice and Freedom ( Giustizia e Libertà ) in Paris , which came about on the initiative of the brothers Carlo Rosselli and Nello Rosselli .

After the end of the Second World War , Cianca, who had returned from exile, was elected a member of the National Council ( Consulta Nazionale ) on September 25, 1945 for the Partito d'Azione (PdA) founded by members of the Giustizia e Libertà in July 1942 and belonged to this transitional parliament until June 24, 1946. On November 27, 1945, he took over the post of editor-in-chief of the re-established Il Mondo and held this position until the daily newspaper was dissolved in February 1946. In the De Gasperi I cabinet he took over from Emilio Lussu on February 20, 1946, the post of Minister without Portfolio for Relations with the Transitional Parliament (Ministro senza portafoglio, incaricato per le Relazioni con la Consulta) and held this office until July 13, 1946 the elections of June 2, 1946 he was elected on the list Unione Democratica Nazionale in the constituency of Collegio Unico Nazione as a member of the Constituent Assembly ( Assemblea Costituente ) and belonged to this until January 31, 1948. On July 12, 1946 he became president of the group of the non-party (Autonomista) . After leaving the Constituent Assembly, he returned to work as a journalist and correspondent for the daily newspaper Milano Sera in Rome.

In the elections of April 18, 1948 , Alberto Cianca was elected a member of the Senate ( Senato della Repubblica ) for the Partito Socialista Italiano PSI , to which he belonged after his re-election in the elections from May 25, 1958 to May 15, 1963. During his membership in the Senate, he was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee (3ª Commissione permanente (Affari esteri)) between July 25, 1953 and May 15, 1963 . On April 22, 1959, he also became deputy chairman of the PSI parliamentary group and held this position until May 15, 1963.

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the Chamber of Deputies ( Camera dei deputati )
• Entry on the Senate's homepage ( Senato della Repubblica )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Governo De Gasperi